From a.rosta@pmail.net Sat Jan 29 11:03:42 2000
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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 19:03:42 -0000
From: "And Rosta" <a.rosta@pmail.net>
Subject: RE: Subjunctive?
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C.D. Wright (though Outlook claims it is from Pycyn):
>  I feel that I have a good grasp of the majority of the
>  grammar, but my vocabulary is only expanding slowly.
>  As a result, I can't find a way of saying:
>  
>      If I had a million pounds/dollars/kroner
>          then I'd be rich.
>  
>  I guess what I want to say is:
>  
>      Regardless of the truth value of A,
>          (A => B)  is a valid assertion.
>  
>  Where:   A = ( I have a million million pounds )
>  and  :   B = ( mi ricfu )
>  
>  
>  Yes?

Isn't that {gu}? 
But anyway it doesn't work, does it, because it is truth-conditionally
equivalent to just {B or not A}.

   A      B or not A
   T      T              T
   T      F              F
   F      T              T
   F      F              F

--And.