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only if a group of tenants can obtain the signatures of 10 percent of the tenants on a petition to change a rule will the proposed change be put to a majority vote of all the tenants in the building.


10% ---> majority vote

correct or incorrect?

bleern031 wrote:only if a group of tenants can obtain the signatures of 10 percent of the tenants on a petition to change a rule will the proposed change be put to a majority vote of all the tenants in the building.


10% ---> majority vote

correct or incorrect?

incorrect

should be

majority---> 10%

"only if, only when, only" introduce the necessary condition.

"the only" introduces the sufficient condition.

lrslayer wrote:

bleern031 wrote:only if a group of tenants can obtain the signatures of 10 percent of the tenants on a petition to change a rule will the proposed change be put to a majority vote of all the tenants in the building.


10% ---> majority vote

correct or incorrect?

incorrect

should be

majority---> 10%

this, only if is basically if, but backwards.