LessonsThe Two Sides of Conditionals: Composite Antecedents and ConsequentsQuiz

The last mixed pattern reverses those roles. The antecedent is a complete disjunction, such as “Either the sun is rising or daylight is absent,” while the consequent is a connected conditional, such as “If the sun rises, daylight exists.”

The two component-types remain the same, but the pattern differs in which serves as antecedent and which as consequent.

Together, this slide and the preceding one complete the two orders of the connected/disjunctive mixed pair in the source's structural enumeration.

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Connected type 9: disjunctive then connected

The Two Sides of Conditionals: Composite Antecedents and Consequents

The last mixed pattern reverses those roles. The antecedent is a complete disjunction, such as “Either the sun is rising or daylight is absent,” while the consequent is a connected conditional, such as “If the sun rises, daylight exists.”

The two component-types remain the same, but the pattern differs in which serves as antecedent and which as consequent.

Together, this slide and the preceding one complete the two orders of the connected/disjunctive mixed pair in the source's structural enumeration.