Filitsa wrote:Get Real! wrote:Filitsa wrote:Let me help you, fellas. "If" does not establish a query; it establishes a contingency. That said, following the logic established above, GR is not only a "liar," he's an "idiot" too.
You’ll be lucky to help yourself comprehend the basics of the English language let alone help others!
"IF" is a Boolean query having
only two possible outcomes and they are either TRUE or FALSE.
For example, the statement… “If you are over 18 you can vote” ...can only yield a “yes” or “no” and there is no such thing as a MAYBE. The same applies to every other use of the “if” IF (pun intended) you care to research.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/di ... y/entry/if
(I apologize for going off-topic, but I just can't let this one go.)
Admittedly, I'm a techno-midget
, but to my limited knowledge "if" isn't on the list of common Boolean operators (i.e. and, or, not), but this is beside the point.
Like I said before, "if" establishes a contingency. To use your example and words from the definition you referenced in the above link:
"'In the event that' you are over 18, you can vote," or
"'Granting that' you are over 18, you can vote," or
"'On the condition that' you are over 18, you can vote"
All the same as saying, "If you are over 18, you can vote." The latter depends upon the former, thus establishing the contingency: "Contingent upon being 18, you can vote."
P.S.
If you worry about being a "liar" and and "idiot," I'll worry about my basic English comprehension skills. Okay?