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

• MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨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 ⁨23⁩ ⁨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 ⁨23⁩ ⁨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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