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-When a [[mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] finds an <code>If</code>, {{sex|he}} expects a boolean condition – for example, <code>x > 0</code>, which means “the variable x contains a number that is greater than zero” – and evaluates that condition. If the condition is <code>true</code>, the statements following the <code>then</code> are executed. If not, the execution continues in the following branch – either in the <code>else</code> block (which is usually optional), or if there is no <code>else</code> branch, then after the <code>end If</code>.
+When the machine finds an <code>If</code>,  it expects a boolean condition – for example, <code>x > 0</code>, which means “the variable x contains a number that is greater than zero” – and it evaluates that condition. If the condition is <code>true</code>, the statements following the <code>then</code> are executed. If not, the execution continues in the following branch – either in the <code>else</code> block (which is usually optional), or if there is no <code>else</code> branch, then after the <code>end If</code>.
 After either branch has been executed, control returns to the point after the <code>end If</code>.
 ===The legal if===
-It is to just this kind of simplicity and functional clarity that a legal contract ought to aspire. But heres the difference: A computer coder depends on a dumb client to faithfully interpret and flawlessly implement his code. If it doesn’t, his programme won’t work.  A [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]], by contrast, depends on quite the opposite: he relies on his dumb client to come back to him and ask him what it all means.
+It is to just this kind of simplicity and functional clarity that a legal contract ought to aspire. But here’s the difference: Computer code depends on a dumb client to faithfully interpret and flawlessly implement the code. If it doesn’t, his programme won’t work.  A [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]], by contrast, depends on his dumb client getting confused and coming back to ask what it all means.
-So the diligent lawyer writes not with clarity and simplicity, but densely and with {{tag|flannel}}. The most basic of operators - [[if]] - he renders as “[[in the event that]]”. A single [[conjunction]] replaced by a [[preposition]], a [[definite article]], a [[noun]] and a different [[conjunction]].
+So the diligent lawyer writes not with a coder’s clarity and simplicity, but densely and with {{tag|flannel}}. The most basic of operators - [[if]] - he renders as “[[in the event that]]”. A single [[conjunction]] replaced by a [[preposition]], a [[definite article]], a [[noun]] and a different [[conjunction]].
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