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Sky_meat Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

how to use the word "unless" in a sentence?

Dear friends and teachers:

I hope you all well. I have encountered one question when i was writting a short reply. The queston was how to use the word " unless" to make a sentence?

Can i say " i wouldnot catch a bus unless when i were in Australia." or should i say " i will not catch a bus unless when i am in Australia" ? I am confused about what tense should i use if my intention here is to express an assumption ( conditional probability maybe Emotion: stick out tongue)

As it shows i am a grammar idiot, so please help me~~ Thanks in advance!
  

Top answer

Neither is correct, really. The way you'd structure it would be "I wouldn't catch a bus unless I was in Australia". You could also use "I wouldn't catch a bus except if I were in Australia", but it doesn't scan as nicely.

— Anonymous

  • Neither is correct, really.
  • The way you'd structure it would be "I wouldn't catch a bus unless I was in Australia".
  • You could also use "I wouldn't catch a bus except if I were in Australia", but it doesn't scan as nicely.
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Neither is correct, really.

The way you'd structure it would be "I wouldn't catch a bus unless I was in Australia". You could also use "I wouldn't catch a bus except if I were in Australia", but it doesn't scan as nicely.
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WebreaperNeither is correct, really.

The way you'd structure it would be "I wouldn't catch a bus unless I was in Australia". You could also use "I wouldn't catch a bus except if I were in Australia", but it doesn't scan as nicely.

Do u mean " unless when..." is not a native expression ? And I made the sentence above merely based on the ex
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