Wednesday, January 24, 2018

meaning - Parenthetical statement that expresses a condition

I am studying a book and one of the lines (which was written in the 30's) is,




We had admitted that we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.




My question is whether or not it is to read this as two separate statements — meaning one could be true and not the other; or does it mean if the first is true then the second is also true?

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