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Entries in hedging (2)

Tuesday
Jun212011

“In many ways, people are worse off now than they were 10 years ago.”

People are worse off now than they were 10 years ago

You're writing an essay about the U.S. economy. Some numbers show that the economy is bigger than it was 10 years ago, but you don't think that the economy has actually improved. You write:

In many ways, people are worse off now than they were 10 years ago.

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Thursday
Jun162011

“People generally assume that more expensive products are of higher quality, but that's not necessarily the case.”

People generally assume that more expensive products are of higher quality, but that's not necessarily the case.

You're commenting on an Internet forum about fashion. Someone has written that "You get what you pay for". You disagree. You don't think that more expensive shoes are always better, so you write:

People generally assume that more expensive products are of higher quality, but that's not necessarily the case.

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