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What is the meaning of "If for no other reason (than)..."
I have trouble understanding this phrase "If for no other reason (than)..."
Actually I've seen the same question being asked on the web, including here on italki, but I still don't quite get it. Here are some usage examples that I have seen so far:
- He will have an honored place in history if for no other reason than that he and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev refused to use force to preserve the Soviet empire.
- There is some value in helping kids understand how coats work, Grotzer says — if for no other reason than the science is useful.
- I understand that John’s living up there now as well and, if for no other reason I should go up and visit everybody, while he’s there.
I understand that the phrase implies that the speaker thinks whatever the reason mentioned here is not the ONLY SINGLE reason. So in a nutshell, is the speaker saying that "there could be some other reasons but the major reason is ......"?
11 de mar. de 2018 3:36
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you're correct, but there is more
The speaker thinks that there are more reasons for what they are saying --- but there is more - it means that the speaker thinks the one reason that they are saying is SO bad or SO good, or SO qualifying that they don't NEED to list the other reasons
11 de marzo de 2018
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Yuko
Competencias lingüísticas
Inglés, Japonés
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Inglés
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