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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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She was afraid lest she had revealed too much.

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Let's consider a simpler, more concrete example. Mary was cleaning her gun. She accidentally shot Tom.

  • Let's consider a simpler, more concrete example.
  • Mary was cleaning her gun.
  • She accidentally shot Tom.
  • She was afraid lest she had killed him.
  • Basically, this is the meaning.
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Let's consider a simpler, more concrete example.

Mary was cleaning her gun.
She accidentally shot Tom.
She was afraid lest she had killed him.

Basically, this is the meaning.

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