> For example, readers tend to latch onto the last part of a sentence.
Everything before "but" is often bullshit. "I'm not racist, but". "No offense, but".
Everything before "but" is often bullshit. "I'm not racist, but". "No offense, but".
"He is a nice guy, but..." ~= "He is not a nice guy, because..."
One interesting things is that when you look at sentiment of words in reviews, the word "but" glows (in red).
How about:
"There are multiple ways to solve this problem, but this is best one."
Isn't that better than:
"This is how we should solve it"?
I see no problem with qualifying an assertion with a lesser weight.
Another example: "Boris Johnson is a woefully inadequate Prime Minister but he was kind of funny 20 years ago on Have I Got News For You".
It's almost like weighing Negative Fact #1 against Positive Fact #2 and suggesting to the audience that the scales are now more or less level so let's move on.
Obviously the 2 facts are a long way from being really "equal", and how one applies the offset (minor bad vs major good, major bad vs minor good, etc) should be influenced by what one is trying to achieve.
"I haven't ever gotten professional training, but I think my driving ability is above average because I analyze what I do."