Timeline for How to analyze this sentence’s logic: “If it rains, I'll take an umbrella.”
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| Jan 5, 2015 at 15:11 | vote | accept | CoolHandLouis | ||
| Jan 5, 2015 at 13:30 | comment | added | CoolHandLouis | My answer is more "correct" relative to the question-as-it-is, and I wrote the question specifically to answer it. However, @StoneyB's answer provides a fantastic alternative answer. | |
| Jan 5, 2015 at 13:21 | vote | accept | CoolHandLouis | ||
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| Jan 5, 2015 at 13:07 | vote | accept | CoolHandLouis | ||
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| Nov 12, 2014 at 1:59 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | That logic's wrong. It has all kinds of unpleasant side effects. For example, if you say "It's not true that if it rains, I'll take my umbrella" according to the meaning you've given there, it means "It will rain and I won't take my umbrella" and this is obviously not what that sentence means! | |
| Jun 15, 2014 at 4:23 | vote | accept | CoolHandLouis | ||
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| Mar 31, 2014 at 3:39 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | I think the equivalent should be: "If I don't take my umbrella, it won't rain." | |
| Mar 30, 2014 at 23:42 | history | edited | CoolHandLouis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2014 at 22:59 | history | edited | CoolHandLouis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2014 at 22:47 | history | answered | CoolHandLouis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |