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Old 20-Jul-2005, 20:50
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Default Re: will x 2

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Originally Posted by M56
Conditionals can also be if X is true then so is Y. Yet, conditional" is not always a good name for some "if" structures.
Yes, sorry, it was sloppy; my X/'it means that'/Y was meant to imply:

1. If X, we can infer Y.

e.g.

2. If you'll eat chicken feet, you'll eat anything.

(Non-conditional, as we can't properly say that 'eating chicken feet' is a condition of 'eating anything'.)

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