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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hard distinction" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe a clear and rigid separation or difference between two things. Example: "There is a hard distinction between right and wrong, and it is important to always stay on the right side of it."
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"For people, that's a hard distinction.
That is a hard distinction to sustain.
I have to say it was a hard distinction to make for people.
Ives said, "That is a very hard distinction to make, but it was instantly there".
This was always going to be a hard distinction to maintain, given Mr Gonzales's role in crafting the policies he was being asked to evaluate as attorney-general.
Pieper believes the hard distinction between fiction and nonfiction is overrated anyway: "A recent development made by a modern marketing apparatus," he argues.
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I hold to hard distinctions of right and wrong.
Then there's the fact that hard distinctions between "good" money and "bad" are often anything but.
"There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false," Pinter said in his Nobel speech.
Where radio conservatives have thrived by drawing hard distinctions between right and wrong, he said, "the liberal tradition as we understand it acknowledges a diversity of people and values".
In his Nobel speech, Pinter said, "There are not hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false; it can be both true and false".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com