0
Franziska bohn Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

If everyone goes and you don't, you are excluding yourself.

Hello.


I am wondering about the following examples:


There is a party tonight. I don’t want to go, everyone else might go.


My friends tell me:


if everyone else goes and you don’t go, you are excluding yourself.


Or

If everyone goes and don’t you are giving your spot to someone else.


Second context:


we are working in groups. We are debating which bullet points we should ignore.

I say:


if we were to cross out these bullet points, we would be ignoring them.


Or

if we end more examples we are extending the list although what we should be doing is making it shorter.

  

Top answer

franziska bohn I f everyone else goes and you don’t go, you are excluding yourself. The grammar is fine, though the idea is tautologous. franziska bohn If everyone goes and you don’t , you are giving your spot to someone else.

— CalifJim

  • franziska bohn I f everyone else goes and you don’t go, you are excluding yourself.
  • The grammar is fine, though the idea is tautologous.
  • franziska bohn If everyone goes and you don’t , you are giving your spot to someone else.
  • The grammar is fine, but it's not clear whether the number of people who can go is fixed.
  • If that number is not fixed, the idea of giving your spot to someone else doesn't make sense.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

2 Answers
0
franziska bohnIf everyone else goes and you don’t go, you are excluding yourself.

The grammar is fine, though the idea is tautologous.

franziska bohnIf everyone goes and you don’t, you are giving your s
0
0

(The following is American usage.)


The sentences, "If everyone goes and you don't go, you're excluding yourself." and "If everyone goes and you don't go, you're giving your spot to someone else.", are not used in the US English. Here you might hear, in this context:


"If everyone goes and you don't, you'll be missing out/you'll be sitting at home all alone twiddling your

0

Related Questions