if-clause

As suspected, a lot of these predictions contains an if-clause without any sort of justification predictions #11,10,8,7 .

Two analyses of Meyer's "Signature in the Cell" - The Panda's Thumb 2010

It was the opening if-clause, a 41-word cliff-hanger with three who-clause embeddings.

Archive 2008-11-01 DC 2008

Knowing that the if-clause could not be accepted by conservatives, he isn't really making a commitment to offshore drilling.

George Lakoff: Don't Think of a Maverick! Could the Obama Campaign Be Improved? 2008

It was the opening if-clause, a 41-word cliff-hanger with three who-clause embeddings.

On Obama's victory style DC 2008

Try it for yourself: get a sense of the strain on your memory by starting a sentence with a 19-word if-clause, and see what it feels like.

On Obama's victory style DC 2008

Try it for yourself: get a sense of the strain on your memory by starting a sentence with a 19-word if-clause, and see what it feels like.

Archive 2008-11-01 DC 2008

I can't think of an instance after an if-clause, offhand - maybe a reader of this blog will dig one out.

On and after if DC 2007

For instance, “Eating razors is good” is good ONLY if you tack on an if-clause that says something like: “If you wish to destroy your gums.”

2007 July « raincoaster 2007

But the if-clause is the salient premise, not the consequent; and for both intellectual and experiential reasons, I have never found that premise remotely persuasive.

Our "solitary boast" Mike L 2007

I can't think of an instance after an if-clause, offhand - maybe a reader of this blog will dig one out.

Archive 2007-12-01 DC 2007