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The term epicondylitis is actually confusing.
Without actually confusing them himself, Nagel may have unintentionally encouraged this conflation in remarking, for example, that, "Ethics is concerned not only with what should happen, but also independently with what people should or may do.
You know when someone's facial features stir something in your brain that's so overwhelming it's actually confusing?
It would be reasonable (although somewhat distrusting) to ask whether these researchers were actually confusing the effects of cynicism with other factors that also affect health, and tend to make a person cynical.
Sometimes when we think we feel hungry, we're actually confusing the signal for thirst with hunger, so it's a smart idea to try drinking a cup of water before reaching for something to eat.
We will be okay, we will adjust, and we will find happiness -- but suggesting to us that "moving on" is the best thing to do is actually confusing and insensitive.
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Here's a classic example of a dangling participle that could actually confuse a reader.
Or was he actually confused over whether the courtiers had stolen Rigoletto's sweetheart or daughter?
In this context, unfortunately, the warnings from the American and British governments have actually confused matters.
Yes, please desist as this will actually confuse your bilingual readers; would it be so hard to release copy in an alternative and less flamboyant format?
So the charming but peripatetic skits on "Sesame Street," designed to keep children watching -- and to entertain their parents -- actually confused and ultimately annoyed preschoolers.
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