Sentence examples for if we confuse from inspiring English sources

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If we confuse the terms inform, alert and warn, we inadvertently shift the calculus of costs to the terrorists' advantage.

If we confuse the questions of how skilled mutual fund managers are with how much individual investors can benefit from their skill, we risk making poor decisions about how to regulate and set policy in finance.

Big Brother's electronic arsenal, Snowden reminded us, was as "nothing compared to what we have today" – which is frightening only if we confuse the Thought Police stamping us into servility with marketing men wanting to know what we buy and sell on eBay.

And it won't be done if we confuse ends with means – the euro is not an end in itself, but a means, which, if well managed, might bring greater shared prosperity, but, if not well managed, will lead to lower standards of living for many or possibly the majority of citizens.

"If we confuse them, don't expect them to turn up.

If we confuse the intelligence with the judiciary, we will soon find ourselves quite helpless.

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It is unfair to blame filmmakers if we sometimes confuse the real world with its representations.

None of these questions will be easy to answer on their own, but they will get maddeningly difficult to answer if we also confuse ourselves with an unnecessary urge to somehow make sure that our answers cohere to some vision of the Internet as a singular network.

The substantive thesis may seem speciously attractive if we tacitly confuse it with the trivially true thesis.

The dramatic sunrises and sunsets are unforgettable; even if we often confuse the two, given the days are so short.

We'll always be disappointed if we keep confusing a shop with a national institution.

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