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tantalor
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Wrong, "deduce" means to rule out possibilities, literally deduct them from the space of all possible universes.
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
helmette
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This is false. To deduce is to draw (ducere) a conclusion from (de) premisses.
tossandthrow
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Curios aside here: when pointing out a grammatical error of this sort, what school of English does it rely on? I mean, English has grown to a point where where the British English dictionary does not hold sole authority.
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."