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This tag is for questions related to definitions and nuances of meaning of a word or phrase.

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"If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be..." What does this mean?

I'm translating a book, which involves logic and quoted the sentence from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass: "If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain …
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