In post 187, Almost Chara wrote:you can also switch "if" with "given that".
and look at that, the two phrases are synonyms. how peculiar! it's almost as if... the if implies a conditional, one that's being used as evidence for a conclusion.
if you boil water, it evaporates! i say, pointing at my pot of boiling water.
but, you reply, why did you say "if"? as though you're unsure if the water has boiled!
...anyway, could we move on?
and to use a pragmatic instead of semantic argument, why on earth would a mafia member be musing about possible scum wincons while not being sure of the town wincon?
Brain cells rejenerating.