From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   HenHanna wrote:   
   > [This is a guest post from Brett Powley]   
   >   
   > I ran into something recently that I thought might be log-worthy. My   
   > wife was watching Van Helsing, the TV series, and I heard one of the   
   > characters say this:   
   >   
   >                   1.  I didn’t save you because you’re   
   not important.   
   >   
   > Now, what he meant was:   
   >   
   >                   2.  I wouldn’t have saved you if you   
   weren’t important.   
   >   
   >   
   > --------------------   1 sounds weird,   
      
   Full discussion here   
      
      
   https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=65606   
      
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