I agree with what Rod is saying here 100%, which is why I said "In general..."
This example he gives relates to another point that I was making, namely
that when you have certain words in conditional sentences, like TIS/TI or
negatives, it changes their character (from the standpoint of English). It is
the TIS in Phil 2:1 which adds the "feel" of hypotheticalness (that's
probably not the right word) to the condition.
I really wish someone would do a complete study/syntax of conditionals
with all these various permutations and elements in mind (doctoral disseration
for you grad students); what we have, in my opinion, is too structurally
bound, in that it tends to begin and end with structure...Compare Carlton's
comment about that fact that he would give more credence to context in
describing the conditionals...I think all of us who try to teach this area
would have to say "Amen."
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