Mark Cidade

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May
9
 comment Single word for “inhale using your mouth with force or power”
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May
7
 comment Single word for “inhale using your mouth with force or power”
Oh right. Sorry my downvote is locked :/
May
7
 comment Single word for “inhale using your mouth with force or power”
It's a single word request.
Dec
20
 comment What's an example of good style for an “if/then” statement?
I agree. Or else isn't a valid option for good style in just about any case.
Dec
20
 comment What's an example of good style for an “if/then” statement?
@FumbleFingers You're right. The or else example is too contrived, and it only really makes sense as part of the conjunction—in fact, Visual Basic uses OrElse as a short-circuiting logical OR, whereas it uses ElseIf and Else for alternative branching.
Dec
20
 comment What's an example of good style for an “if/then” statement?
If would still be appropriate if it's expected only once (but following the consequent is common in non-technical speech or languages like PERL or Ruby).
Dec
20
 comment What's an example of good style for an “if/then” statement?
"Or else" is still common as a threat, often with nothing following else.
Dec
20
 comment What's an example of good style for an “if/then” statement?
That's only because the purpose of the commas are ambiguous. If there was no other comma, I see nothing against it.
Dec
20
 comment What's an example of good style for an “if/then” statement?
I was asking for a general case, which now seems obvious that it's very dependent on the context, although an enumeration of different cases and best style for each would be nice to have. The original incident that prompted me to ask was when I wrote to someone something like, "If the following report is still valid, let me know; otherwise just ignore it."