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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Not if
A: I have too many ideas.
B: Is that a problem?
A: It is if you have to put them all in one article, and you can use only a thousand words.
B: A thousand? that sounds like a lot to me.
A: It isn't a lot, not if you want to describe the Navajo reservation.
I don't undersand what the underline 'not if' means.
It seems to have different meaning from 'if not'.
could someone tell me exactly what "not if' means?
thanks in advance.
B: Is that a problem?
A: It is if you have to put them all in one article, and you can use only a thousand words.
B: A thousand? that sounds like a lot to me.
A: It isn't a lot, not if you want to describe the Navajo reservation.
I don't undersand what the underline 'not if' means.
It seems to have different meaning from 'if not'.
could someone tell me exactly what "not if' means?
thanks in advance.
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'Not' is simply a repetition, an echo of the 'not' in the main clause: It is not a lot, not if you want to describe the Navajo reservation.
- 'Not' is simply a repetition, an echo of the 'not' in the main clause: It is not a lot, not if you want to describe the Navajo reservation.
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'Not' is simply a repetition, an echo of the 'not' in the main clause:
It is not a lot, not if you want to describe the Navajo reservation.
'Not' is simply a repetition, an echo of the 'not' in the main clause:
It is not a lot, not if you want to describe the Navajo reservation.
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