Re: one word, not "if", for "as long as"
Ack; looking for a single word to mean âas long asâ or âso long asâ, but not if, which to me results in the wrong emphasis (reversal of dependent/dependency) in the following sentence:
âThe subdomains can be different as long as the top level domains are the same.â
My concern with âas long asâ is that itâs wordy and perhaps a bit of a colloquialism that might cause ESL readers to stumble over the sentence.
How about "iff"? Oh, wait, that will only work if they understand philosophy syntax.
Options:
* if and only if
* only when
* If ..., then ....
* "Each top level domain can have a different subdomain."
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