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In another thread, OldE said, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't."

I said this once in print (probably read by about 50,000 people) and was thoroughly trashed for it.

"The saying IS 'If it seems too good to be true, it probably is,' you idiot!"

Logically (to me), "If IT seems too good to be true, IT probably isn't," makes more sense.

The problem with the phrase is that the final word "TRUE" is left out, leaving the subject ambiguous.

"If it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't [TRUE]."

Makes a lot more sense than;

"If it seems too good to be true, it probably is [TRUE]."

This is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night.