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Noun Concept
Categories: Formal semantics (natural language), Conditionals in linguistics, Thought experiments, Modality, Semantics
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counterfactual conditional  contrafactual  contrary-to-fact  Contrary-to-fact conditional  Counter-fact
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Counterfactual conditionals are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different circumstances, e.g. "If Peter believed in ghosts, he would be afraid to be here." Wikipedia
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Counterfactual conditionals are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different circumstances, e.g. "If Peter believed in ghosts, he would be afraid to be here." Wikipedia
A conditional sentence indicating what would be the case if its antecedent were true Wikipedia Disambiguation
Conditional with a false "if" clause Wikidata
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conditional sentence
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counterfactual conditional
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counterfactual conditional
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