Here the condition is expressed by the clause " If it rains ", this being the protasis, while the consequence is expressed by " the picnic will be cancelled ", this being the apodosis . ( The protasis may either precede or follow the apodosis; it is equally possible to say " The picnic will be cancelled if it rains " . ) In terms of logic, the protasis corresponds to the antecedent, and the apodosis to the consequent.
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Here the condition is expressed by the clause " If it rains ", this being the protasis, while the consequence is expressed by " the picnic will be cancelled ", this being the apodosis . ( The protasis may either precede or follow the apodosis; it is equally possible to say " The picnic will be cancelled if it rains " . ) In terms of logic, the protasis corresponds to the antecedent, and the apodosis to the consequent.
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It shows a use of the subjunctive considerably more exotic and obsolete . " I had as lief " means " I would have as lief, " i . e . " I would just as soon it be the case that . . . " This is the same conditional subjunctive you see in " But that were madness, sir ! " meaning " But that " would be " madness . " ( I realize now that I'm assuming the original asker had a past contrafactual wish like " I wish I had not eaten the whole thing, " whereas s / he could have meant " I wish I had a million dollars, " which is present contrafactual, but my point holds, since you ought still to use the subjunctive in the protasis, but to find it in the apodosis, as in Shakespeare, is obsolete . ) Wareh 03 : 57, 11 December 2006 ( UTC)
