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Bijoy ks Posted 9 years ago
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They cannot be related to truth or satisfaction conditions specifiable in another language, not unless, we already understand them and have found or coined translations. My question is about the usage of 'not unless'. What is the sense of the sentence? How many ways we can rewrite the sentence without losing its sense?
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bijoy ks They cannot be related to truth or satisfaction conditions specifiable in another language, not unl ess we already understand them and have found or coined translations. Note the wrong comma is now deleted. not unless = only if
- bijoy ks They cannot be related to truth or satisfaction conditions specifiable in another language, not unl ess we already understand them and have found or coined translations.
- Note the wrong comma is now deleted.
- not unless = only if
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bijoy ksThey cannot be related to truth or satisfaction conditions specifiable in another language, not unless we already understand them and have found or coined translations.
Note the wrong comma is now deleted.
not unless = only if
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