Followtheox1
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True in some respects. Although the problem with your analogy is nobody has been offered anything. A more appropriate analogy to the statement made by the poster ,in my view, would be you were running a race, the prize was £2m for the winner and £1m for runner up. If before the race you said, to be honest I would be more than happy to finish second as long as Tom (Who is a rival of yours for the race title) finishes first. It implies that at the least, you don't mind finishing second to your rival Tom in the race or even it could be interpreted as you want your rival Tom to win the race ahead of you. That's fine and your choice, I'm simply saying it's not for me to make a statement like that before the race has been run. I would love more than anything to win it. I would of course be happy with a million quid for second place if I didn't win it. I do accept that the original post could be interpreted in more ways than one and happy to accept whatever their explanation is and your interpretation is just as valid. Not that it matters of course if I accept it or not! Ps I'm still not sure what the traitor thing was about!I was more than happy. If we finish second this season, I will be more than happy.
Being very happy with something doesn’t mean it’s your first choice. It doesn’t “pretty much” mean it’s your first choice.
I’d be more than happy if you paid me a million pounds. I would very much prefer that you paid me two million. No one read those two sentences and suggest that I would prefer £1m to £2m, but if we change the money to league positions then it seems to confuse some people.