Original sentence: Especially in debates and other adversarial discussions, some participants may believe that their opponents are trying to escape from consideration of the issues at hand by recourse to meta-discussion.Ironically, this often leads to comments like “stick to the subject” or “answer the question,” which are themselves meta-discussion, though of a simple variety.Meta-discussion may seem artificial and even a waste of time as opposed to actual consideration of a topic.Tactful consideration of personality issues with some contributors as revealed in a discussion may lead to better insight and calmer exploration of the actual topic of the conversation
Edited sentence: Especially in debates and other adversarial discussions, some participants may believe that their opponents are trying to evade consideration of the issues at hand by recourse to meta-discussion.Meta-discussion may seem artificial and even a waste of time.Tactful consideration of personality issues with some contributors as revealed in a discussion may lead to better insight and calmer exploration of the primary topic of the conversation.This often leads to comments like “stick to the subject” or “answer the question,” which are themselves meta-discussion, though of a simple variety