Timeline for I don't understand what "that is" means in this passage
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 9:32 | vote | accept | Xenon Vanadi | ||
| Feb 25, 2018 at 15:35 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @J.R.: I'd say that in OP's exact context, that is is actually a form of "intensifier" - emphasizing preceding IF (by implication, the writer thinks it might be difficult or impossible to find a "powerful weapon"). | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 12:30 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | In this case, though, I don’t think “If you can find one” is “expressing the same idea more clearly”. It’s more like an elaboration upon the previous thought. A good paraphrase might be: "It's not a problem to rely on a powerful weapon. But, of course, first you have to find one.” I guess what I’m pointing out is that there is a difference between “in other words” and “or more exactly”; in this case, the phrase is being used to mean “or more exactly” (or “more precisely,” that is). | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 12:09 | history | edited | Michael Rybkin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 12:03 | history | answered | Michael Rybkin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |