• Neato@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    I’ve always got to invert the double negatives to parse crap like this:

    I probably would use an instance if it was federated to Threads.

    Not exactly the same meaning, but it gets you on the right side of the negatives.

    • SwagGaribaldi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yup, that’s what I meant, but like you said, it doesn’t carry the exact same meaning if I wrote it like that

    • h14h@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      Best way to address this is to reword a bit:

      I probably would not use avoid using an instance that wasn’t federated to Threads

      Using “not” twice in a single sentence is generally something worth avoiding IMO.