In Predicates^x, Conditionals^x

I hope I'm not too late to add a comment.I think of this particular use of the if ... would ... pattern as an add-on clause to an imperative or quasi-imperative (must, can't, have to, not be allowed to, ...).The subject of the if-clause is usually it, referring back to the action of the...

................................................................................................................. {Quote=MrP}　 I'll see if I can do something about the notion...I've a notion we can do without it,...

Hello, rvw. I'd like to add just a few words. I remember reading in Gamut1991 roughly such an exciting passage: G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716) had proposed a program for logic and developed ideas of a universal language, in which thought could be represented directly, without any of the ambiguities....

Hello Samuel Here are a few examples of what you need to look for: a) grammatical construction - e.g. conditional statements with 'if'. b) figures of speech e.g. 'Just as each of us have one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are...