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Discover LudwigThe phrase "if not wrong" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express uncertainty or to suggest that something may be correct, but there is a possibility of it being incorrect.
Example: "The results of the experiment, if not wrong, indicate a significant improvement in performance."
Alternatives: "if I'm not mistaken" or "if I recall correctly".
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And all three statements were dubious, if not wrong.
Mr. Gore's assertion was misleading, if not wrong.
And there was something, if not wrong, then shiver-inducingly sci-fi about the fact that the twins, Aspen and Orlando, had been implanted in surrogate mothers at different times, resulting in identical twins with a four-year age difference.
AMY DAVIDSON: On snow days, what's difficult about Queens, if not wrong with it, becomes clearer… QUESTION FROM VERN IN HARLEM: I reckon cheap rent gets back to questions about the economy the NYer glosses over, well, except in independent film.
Narrowing the options too early is overly constraining and may drive one down an inefficient if not wrong path.
Some of the kitchen-sink allegations against the Marshalls are clearly overblown, if not wrong.
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Cohen does accurately cite the study, presumably to demonstrate that advocating for the monitoring of sex offenders is wrong, if not hysterically wrong.
When it finally happened, it soon became evident he was, if not the wrong man, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"If I'm wrong, I will apologize, and if I'm not wrong, I'll stick with it," he said.
If that is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.
If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong".
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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