Should it be apposed or opposed in testing for non failure as apposed to success? I initially thought it should be apposed, because opposed seems to suggest opposition. Interestingly Chromium flags
I think it should be "as opposed to" or "rather than" instead. Normally we store the configuration in the "auto-configuration library", but in this case we made a conscious decision to deviate from the common way. So "as supposed to" might still be correct here, even though it changes the meaning of the sentence, isn't it?
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It's oversimplified per Wikipedia. To every action, there is always opposed an equal reaction; or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.
0 I think rather than shows the preference of one over the other and in case of as opposed to , it's saying opposite to something. Although both are being used for comparison But you can feel the difference.
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1 The phrase oppose something means "to disagree with something and try to prevent it from happening", which makes me think X is opposed means X is what someone disagrees with and tries to prevent from happening. But be opposed to something has the same meaning as oppose something. How can it be possible?
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