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According to Henry David Thoreau, the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger.
Is the reason in the above sentence a redundancy.
GB |
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Yes, I concur with Marius in that we could paraphrase your base sentence as follows:
According to Henry David Thoreau, the reason [(that) a majority is allowed to rule] is
[not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger].