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minus-squareCaptainCodeine@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours ago It’s framed as a problem to be solved on a small scale interpersonal basis because by and large the system works I dont get this phrase after the because
minus-squareDrivebyHaiku@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·55 minutes ago“By and large the system works” under most circumstances the system (elvish slavery) functions as intended/ without victims.
minus-squareslappypantsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-29 hours ago“By and large” just means “for the most part”. Edit: also “with few exceptions”
minus-squareCaptainCodeine@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoOh darn sorry i could have googled that i guess. I genuinely thought that this was a typo. Thanks.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoIt helps to read it as “…because, by and large, the system works”
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by and large
I dont get this phrase after the because
“By and large the system works” under most circumstances the system (elvish slavery) functions as intended/ without victims.
“By and large” just means “for the most part”.
Edit: also “with few exceptions”
Oh darn sorry i could have googled that i guess. I genuinely thought that this was a typo. Thanks.
It helps to read it as “…because, by and large, the system works”
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by and large