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Found on the internet in some "notice of race":

We will not hesitate if the wind is too radical to abandon the event.

I've been puzzling over that sentence ever since. What makes a wind so radical that you can no longer abandon the event? And why would you hesitate in that case in the first place? Am I missing something?

Re-read the sentence. Isn't it saying they will not hestitate to abandon the event if the wind is too radical? It's a question of clause placement, isn't it? Or, putting commas after "hesitate" and "radical" would clarify the meaning. Had he put one comma (after "hesitate") then your take would be correct!

However, I see your point, lol, it's like interpreting an inkblot (Rorschach?)

It's like "Eats, shoots and leaves." all over again.

In the context, the meaning can be guessed at, but "inkblot" sums it up nicely.

"Let's eat grandma."

"Let's eat, grandma."

Commas save lives.

--jf