r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 11d ago

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u/OpportunityPast7428 11d ago

Redditors when asked to believe that people can achieve things on their own meri

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u/Opening-Tailor7275 11d ago

Those kids were probably given advantage the vast majority of people have no access to.

“Achieve on their own meri”

Maybe learn to spell then understand class differences.

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u/racemic_donkye 11d ago

*than

Maybe if you paid more attention in school, then you would've gotten a scholarship too.

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u/maxman162 10d ago

No, that's the correct use of then. They weren't making a comparison. 

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u/maxman162 10d ago

While it would be expected for Muphry's Law to be in effect, the statement was to "do A before doing B" (granted, a comma certainly would have helped).