Answering cards asking the same info from different angles

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Hello!

I’m looking for some advice on a problem I’ve encountered while working through my Anki backlog. I have quite a few cards that ask for the same information from slightly different angles.

For example, I had a card that asked: “What is a mixed condition (modality of a legal act)?” The answer was: “When the fulfillment of the condition depends on the will of one of the parties and the will of a specific third person.”

I didn’t remember the answer, so I hit “Again.” However, later the same day, another card appeared with a very similar question: “What is the name of the condition (modality of a legal act) which depends on the will of one of the contracting parties and the will of a specific third person?”

I knew the answer to this second card only because I had seen its “twin” earlier. It felt a bit like cheating to answer “Good.”

My question is: In this situation, should I still hit “Again” to ensure I truly learn the information, or is it acceptable to go for “Good”? I am aware that this happens mostly because I have a backlog and wouldn’t really occur otherwise.

Any advice on how to handle these types of redundant cards would be greatly appreciated!

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Ideally those are cards that you would have created to be siblings – from the same note – and you would use the Burying options to automatically keep them from appearing on the same day. That’s not always done and not always possible (for a variety of reasons), but you can still do the same thing manually – bury that card/note instead of grading your answer today.

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I see. Basically like a cloze or a front-back/back-front. Never used manual burying, will look into it.

Thank you for the answer! Yours are always useful - both here and on Reddit.

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