Our new editor wants to add the word and to
such statements - if blah, blah, AND then blah, blah.
But that doesn't even make sense grammatically!
The closest thing I can find is in the Microsoft Manual of Style for
Technical Publications, it's the if/when/whether thing. I know that
doesn't
Tammy,
It seems to me that and changes the meaning entirely!
When you say If A, then B. It means that if A occurs or exists, B will
follow or exist.
If you say If A, and then B. The sentence is rendered incomplete. It
makes B part of the original IF clause (I wouldn't use a comma when
anding
Hi Tammy,
Bad news: At least one major style guide and my own experience are on
your new editor's side on this one. In fact, the _Microsoft Manual of
Style for Technical Publications, Third Edition_ takes it even further:
That style guide states that you should avoid the if...then
construction
For example: If the new editor prevails, and then the boss buys into
it, then you have no choice but to type up your resume.
Brilliant example! But let's end on a happy note...
Else hire a new editor. ;-)
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Bill Swallow
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Hi Tammy,
Bad news: At least one major style guide and my own experience are on
your new editor's side on this one. In fact, the _Microsoft Manual of
Style for Technical Publications,
Bad news: At least one major style guide and my own experience are on
your new editor's side on this one. In fact, the _Microsoft Manual of
Style for Technical Publications, Third Edition_ takes it even further:
That style guide states that you should avoid the if...then
construction altogether
, then do this, or If such-and-such is true, do
this.
Chuck
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Subject: Re: Syntax for if/then statement
Bad news: At least one
However, in the case of a conditional construct, I stand by my statement
and conviction that most readers could not care less whether we say, If
such-and-such is true, then do this, or If such-and-such is true, do
this.
Right, then is assumed, just as you is assumed in your examples. :-)
I'll
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, section 5.182, says:
Correlative conjunctions are used in pairs, often to join successive
clauses that depend on each other to form a complete thought . . . {If
the first claim is true, then the second claim must be false} . . . Some
examples of
Hmmm. Doesn't make much sense to me.
In a *sentence* if a, then b, the word then isn't required. It's
really an emphasis attached to b.
For example, you could say If you are using Windows, follow these
instructions: and omit the then. The word that really joins the two
phrases is if, which is a
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