the former would create a double negative

the latter changes the meaning

it’s correct the first way, ASML would be harmed by losing that money

“cannot afford to lose”

"While 1.3B€ is not pocket change, it is also an amount that ASML can not afford to lose." - The sentence is framed like a contrast but then instead it says the same thing twice.

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kaechle 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

I’ll see your pedantry and raise you ... more pedantry. The sentence may be a bit clunky, but there’s nothing grammatically wrong with it. And you’re leaving out the first sentence, which frames the comparison:

> ASML gross revenue was 28B€ in 2024, and their net income was 7.5B€. While 1.3B€ (the amount ASML invested in this 1.7B€ fund raise) is not pocket change, it is also an amount that ASML can not afford to lose.

Worded another way:

> ASML had a healthy margin of 7.5B€ on 28B€ in gross revenue in 2024. 1.3B€ isn’t a huge chunk of this, relatively speaking, but *it’s also an amount that ASML can’t afford to lose.*

Still clunky. Still not wrong.

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kgwgk 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

> there’s nothing grammatically wrong with it.

There was nothing in the comment that you reply to suggesting that it was grammatically wrong: "The sentence is framed like a contrast but then instead it says the same thing twice." If anything it suggests it's semantically wrong.

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ath92 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You replaced “1.3B is not pocket change” with “1.3B€ isn’t a huge chunk of this”. Those have opposite meanings.

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paulddraper 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Either incorrectly worded, or very poorly worded.

It's a open question as to which one.

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yieldcrv 6 days ago | parent [-]

language exists to convey a shared concept, you don’t think the sentence means “it’s a lot of money for ASML to risk losing?” and wouldn’t have been mentioned if it meant inconsequential or small?

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		Based on context + structure, I believe the sentence has a stray "not" -- the amount is not small but it is an affordable loss for ASML.

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realty_geek 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

@bondarchuk you are right. Something wrong with that sentence.

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0x457 6 days ago | parent [-]

It reads like the second part counters the first, but it’s actually the same point repeated. It's not that hard to understand.

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