News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:If-then-else had to be invented by memetherapy on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:53PM (#25411256)
The consensus amongst the three English teachers I asked was that it should be "or else" or "otherwise" and that it's probably ungrammatical, although none of them could explain why. The one who is also an actor said "it works as a line" and she wouldn't think twice about it in a script or as written dialog. Interesting one though!
Re:If-then-else had to be invented by dahart on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:47PM (#25425033)
It's definitely not ungrammatical. But it is uncommon today, especially in General American English.