Timeline for What does "You might be better off thinking of something" mean?
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| Mar 21, 2014 at 22:16 | comment | added | schodge | I agree with @colin's comment on the other answer - the use of "might" can be a polite understatement. Often, might be better off gets used after the canonical or common explanation of something, and then the author offers an alternative they think is superior without wanting to directly call the other method inferior or wrong. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 11:38 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |