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Sentence #2040450

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 Eldad Eldad 27 de novembre de 2012 27 de novembre de 2012 a les 9:23:15 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

A comma might be unnecessary:
The post-war economic development of vanquished nations can be rapid* if they are...

halfb1t halfb1t 27 de novembre de 2012 27 de novembre de 2012 a les 9:29:30 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

Agreed. Indeed, for the meaning "only if," it would probably be better to omit the comma--to indicate that the clause is restrictive. In fact--thinking as I write this--your suggestion seems better and better. Punctuation is to help the reader: no-one will wrongly run "rapid if" together. I'll fix it.

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The post-war economic development of vanquished nations can be rapid, if they are not looted by the victors. For this there are two reasons. First, everything has not been destroyed: some things are merely broken; and a relatively small effort of rehabilitation is multiplied by the value of what remains serviceable. Second is the disabling of entrenched power structures, which often stand as a bar to progress.

added by halfb1t, 27 de novembre de 2012
The post-war economic development of vanquished nations can be rapid if they are not looted by the victors. For this there are two reasons. First, everything has not been destroyed: some things are merely broken; and a relatively small effort of rehabilitation is multiplied by the value of what remains serviceable. Second is the disabling of entrenched power structures, which often stand as a bar to progress.

edited by halfb1t, 27 de novembre de 2012
➜ #2040572

linked by sacredceltic, 27 de novembre de 2012
➜ #2040592Le développement économique des nations vaincues, après une guerre, peut être rapide si elles ne sont pas pillées par les vainqueurs. Il y a deux raisons à cela. La première est que tout n'a pas été détruit : certaines choses ne sont que cassées et un effort de réparation relativement limité est multiplié par la valeur de ce qui reste en service. La seconde est la neutralisation des structures du pouvoir établi, qui fait souvent obstacle au progrès.

linked by sacredceltic, 27 de novembre de 2012
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unlinked by CK, 13 d’octubre de 2014
➜ #3842874Lo sviluppo economico del dopoguerra delle nazioni vinte può essere rapido se non vengono saccheggiate dai vincitori. Per ciò ci sono due motivi. In primo luogo, non tutto è stato distrutto: alcune cose sono semplicemente rotte; e relativamente piccolo sforzo di riabilitazione è moltiplicato per il valore di ciò che resta riparabile. La seconda cosa è la disabilitazione delle strutture di potere radicate, che spesso si distinguono come una barra di progresso.

linked by Guybrush88, 5 de febrer de 2015