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Originally Posted by M56 With this kind of conditional (epistemic), it is often better to think of conclusions and not results.
"If you'll eat chicken feet, I conclude that you'll eat anything." |
I agree. I can see that, but one could draw conclusions about results.
If there's a lot of traffic, then that must be why he's late.
There's a lot of traffic, so he's late.
he's late - result - There's a lot of traffic, and I conclude that's why he's late.
If there's traffic, he's always late.