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EnglishTeacher08
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UNLESS
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Hi everyone could please tell me if "unless" can be followed with a negative verb! as in; unless you don �t work hard, I will buy you a bike. |
4 Feb 2014
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ascincoquinas
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Hi Englishteacher!
take a look at this link:
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/unless-and-if |
4 Feb 2014
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Peter Hardy
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In general �Unless � can be replaced by �If not �. Translating your example: If not you don �t work hard ..... sounds silly, not? As double negatives are usually avoided, you �d better not use it, unless you want to sound silly, which we all do at times. Meaning we do use the double negatives on purpose at times, i.e. I don �t know nothing about this issue. Hope this helps. Cheers. Peter |
5 Feb 2014
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