On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: > I think the intended interpretation is that "I do X (disclaimer: maybe > not)" is ineffective, while "I do X (disclaimer: not if Y)" is effective > provided that Y is false at the time (IOW, it's equivalent to "if not Y > then I do X").
Trivial to turn "maybe not" into "not if I don't" or "unless it's not allowed" or some other form of "not if Y." So I don't see the distinction. -Goethe
