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Naga Chaithanya MV Posted 10 years ago
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Please eloberate the meaning of this sentence

The conceit we tell ourselves, and our reporters, is that those two things align.
  

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Hello, Naga Chaithanya MV—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. Naga Chaithanya MV The conceit we tell ourselves, and our reporters, is that those two things align.

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  • Naga Chaithanya MV The conceit we tell ourselves, and our reporters, is that those two things align.
  • You have not supplied enough context to reveal the topic, but as it stands in isolation, your sentence means this: We mistakenly think that those two things agree/coincide/cooperate/are mutually beneficial.
  • And we tell the news reporters that, too.
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Hello, Naga Chaithanya MV—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
Naga Chaithanya MVThe conceit we tell ourselves, and our reporters, is that those two things align.
You have not supplied enough context to reveal the topic, but as it stands in isolation, your sentence means this:

We mistakenly think that those two thing

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