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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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With the benefit of hindsight/experience VS In retrospect

Are there any significant differences in meaning between With the benefit of hindsight/experience and In retrospect? Thanks in advance!

  

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anonymous Are there any significant differences in meaning between With the benefit of hindsight/experience and In retrospect? Thanks in advance! Yes, and any difference is significant.

  • anonymous Are there any significant differences in meaning between With the benefit of hindsight/experience and In retrospect?
  • Thanks in advance!
  • Yes, and any difference is significant.
  • "With the benefit of hindsight" is a fixed expression, which makes "with the benefit of experience" sound like a mistake made because you don't know the fixed expression.
  • "With the benefit of hindsight" means that you would have done things differently if you had been able to predict the future now that you are here in it.
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anonymous

Are there any significant differences in meaning between With the benefit of hindsight/experience and In retrospect? Thanks in advance!

Yes, and any difference is significant.

"With the benefit of hindsight" is a fixed expression, which makes "with the benefit of experience" sound like a mistake made because you don't know the fixed ex

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