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To: B.C. who wrote (3171)	7/15/1999 10:30:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4711

Carli, by saying that "then" would be redundant, I meant it would be unnecessary, superfluous, in that sentence. At first, I was not quite sure what you meant by an "if and then" statement. Independent clauses following a dependent "if" clause do not usually begin with a "then." Then I began thinking about it -- when would I personally use "then" and when would I not? And these were two of the sentences I came up with: Husband to wife, in the midst of a divorce: If you get the house, then* I get the car!* Husband to wife, who is afraid a burglar will crawl in through the window. I've got my trusty shotgun here, Martha. And if he tries to open that window, he's going to get a big surprise! In fact, the only sentences I came up with in which "then" came naturally involved what I would call "tit for tat" situations, like my first example. Can you think of any other examples where "then" seems to be called for? Joan