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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Unless and until
Hi.
"This has been, and continues to be, a revolution, the latest in the series of east European revolutions that began in Poland in 1989, and perhaps the last, unless and until change of this radical order comes to Moscow." [From The Guardian.]
Is the "unless and until" a phrase of three consecutive conjunctions in the sentence?
Thank you.
"This has been, and continues to be, a revolution, the latest in the series of east European revolutions that began in Poland in 1989, and perhaps the last, unless and until change of this radical order comes to Moscow." [From The Guardian.]
Is the "unless and until" a phrase of three consecutive conjunctions in the sentence?
Thank you.
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Anonymous Is the "unless and until" a phrase of three consecutive conjunctions in the sentence? More like an idiomatic phrasal conjunction, I think. Quirk at al.
- Anonymous Is the "unless and until" a phrase of three consecutive conjunctions in the sentence?
- More like an idiomatic phrasal conjunction, I think.
- Quirk at al.
- call it a formulaic coordinated subordinator, like 'when and if'' or 'as and when'.
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AnonymousIs the "unless and until" a phrase of three consecutive conjunctions in the sentence?More like an idiomatic phrasal conjunction, I think. Quirk at al. call it a formulaic coordinated subordinator, like 'when and if'' or 'as and when'.
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