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is for questions about whether or not a particular phrase or sentence is a usual or common way that fluent English speakers might express something.
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"You are your self first supporter", a more proper way to say it
The only way I'd use self in such a sentence is this: Your first supporter is yourself. As others have said, your own supporter is more usual.
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Ambiguity - Should it be "mindful of committing logical fallacies" or "mindful of not commit...
Either looks awkward to me, partly because each expresses observation rather than agency; to be mindful of (not) committing fallacies is merely to be aware of them (or their absence), and does not una …
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