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Old 12-Sep-2008, 22:53
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Default 'Epistemic->Content' transformation via enrichment

Hi there,
Can someone describe to me transformation process of epistemic conditional into content conditional via enrichment?

e.g:
If John went to that party, (then) he was trying to infuriate Miriam.

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Old 13-Sep-2008, 09:33
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Default Re: 'Epistemic->Content' transformation via enrichment

See example (4) on page 150 here.
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thanks!
just to make sure,
example form my previous post transformed into content conditional would look sth like this:

If it is true that John went to that party, then I conclude he was trying to infuriate Miriam.

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Right. "I concluded."
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