Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 2 AIL 0131 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Open Conditions
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The idea
Not every if is contrary to fact. If it rains, we stay in leaves the rain genuinely possible, and takes the indicative rather than were. Distinguishing an open condition from a false one decides which restatement of a line is faithful.
In practice
If it rains, not if it were.
Where people slip
Only some conditions take were.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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