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Contraposition Posted 12 years ago
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might just as well
The weather was so bad we might just as well have stayed at home.
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What does this sentence mean?
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The weather was so bad that it would probably have been better if we hadn't gone out.
- The weather was so bad that it would probably have been better if we hadn't gone out.
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The weather was so bad that it would probably have been better if we hadn't gone out.
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The weather was so bad -- "factual"
we might just as well have stayed at home. -- "counterfactual" (in fact we didn't)
we might just as well have stayed at home. -- "counterfactual" (in fact we didn't)
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contrapositionjust as well~ with equal effect; with the same result
In other words, maybe we should have stayed at home because the bad weather spoiled what we did instead. We could have enjoyed ourselves as much by staying home as by doing what we did.
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