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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

One thing does not exclude the other?

Dear Users,

I'd like to ask if the reply to the first statement sounds native-like to you:

A: Worry about your own government.
B: Worrying about mine does not necessarily preclude/exclude worrying about yours.

Thanks
  

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Perfect Stranger necessarily preclude/exclude That sounds a little stilted to me for a conversation.

— Mister Micawber

  • Perfect Stranger necessarily preclude/exclude That sounds a little stilted to me for a conversation.
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Perfect Strangernecessarily preclude/exclude
That sounds a little stilted to me for a conversation.
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Yes, it does, a bit, but it's a conversation of a forum about politics. I don't know if it expresses what I want it to express.
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Perfect Stranger. I don't know if it expresses what I want it to express.
Well, I don't either—you haven't told us what you want it to express.
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I hoped that the words preclude and exlude would make it all clear. The intended meaning is: Worrying abou XYZ does not mean I won't be worrying (or paying attention to) ABC.
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Perfect Stranger The intended meaning is: Worrying about XYZ does not mean I won't be worrying about (or paying attention to) ABC.
Then that's what I would use. (In fact, that is what I would have suggested.)
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