Comment on Eric Barone, the guy who can't stop updating Stardew Valley, says the words "I might eventually make a Stardew Valley 2"

• scholar@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No, it’s saying if he cared about money he would be more likely to make a sequel. Him caring about money would all but guarantee a sequel.

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  • MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t get why “all but guaranteed” means guaranteed

    English isn’t my first language and the phrasing is so weird. Translating word by word seems to indicate something else

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    • scholar@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re technically right: it means ‘everything up to’, so not a full guarantee but the next best thing. In usage it means ‘a guarantee in all but name’.

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      • MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Alright! Thanks for the explanation

        Literally translating it would mean the complete opposite in my main language so that’s why I was confused

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