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tommy1996
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unless or until
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please help me transform this sentence: They will stop playing if it rains. -> They won �t .................................................... They won’t stop playing unless/until it rains. thanks |
2 Dec 2017
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kohai
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They won�t stop playing unless it rains.
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2 Dec 2017
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yanogator
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Kohai is right, but I would like to add something. It is correct to say "They won �t stop playing until it rains" if it is known, or very certain, that it is going to rain. Since the original sentence doesn �t imply any certainty of rain, this wouldn �t correctly transform that sentence. Bruce |
3 Dec 2017
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tommy1996
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So is it wrong if we use untl? Bruce |
3 Dec 2017
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cunliffe
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tommy, if you have to choose the phrase nearest in meaning to your initial one, then unless is correct. However, as Bruce points out, the other phrase is perfectly good English; it just means something slightly different.
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3 Dec 2017
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