Interchanging “if” and “then”
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AFAIK, normally one would write:
If c is zero or b2=4 a c, then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+bx+cx2.
Is it possible to interchange the if and the then clauses to emphasize the consequence? Is the following sentence good English?
Then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
Looking at the answers to another question I have the impression that even the following should be more correct(?)
Then and only then exists there a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
word-order inversion
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AFAIK, normally one would write:
If c is zero or b2=4 a c, then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+bx+cx2.
Is it possible to interchange the if and the then clauses to emphasize the consequence? Is the following sentence good English?
Then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
Looking at the answers to another question I have the impression that even the following should be more correct(?)
Then and only then exists there a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
word-order inversion
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AFAIK, normally one would write:
If c is zero or b2=4 a c, then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+bx+cx2.
Is it possible to interchange the if and the then clauses to emphasize the consequence? Is the following sentence good English?
Then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
Looking at the answers to another question I have the impression that even the following should be more correct(?)
Then and only then exists there a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
word-order inversion
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AFAIK, normally one would write:
If c is zero or b2=4 a c, then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+bx+cx2.
Is it possible to interchange the if and the then clauses to emphasize the consequence? Is the following sentence good English?
Then and only then there exists a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
Looking at the answers to another question I have the impression that even the following should be more correct(?)
Then and only then exists there a unique solution of 0=a+b x+c x2, if c is zero or b2=4 a c.
word-order inversion
word-order inversion
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