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To: Olog-hai

Study: Artificial Sweeteners may promote diabetes


Whenever I see the word “may” in a headline, I always read it as “may or may not”.

Always.


3 posted on 09/17/2014 11:16:20 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cuban leaf
Whenever I see the word “may” in a headline, I always read it as “may or may not”. Always.

Ditto here.

21 posted on 09/17/2014 11:45:16 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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"Whenever I see the word “may” in a headline, I always read it as “may or may not”."

Good point. "May" or "may not" are not scientific terms imo.

On the other hand, I accept such terms as rough risk indicators to be vigilant about a given issue.

25 posted on 09/17/2014 12:00:56 PM PDT by Amendment10
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