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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Unless or Not unless
Teachers,
Let's say you are invited to a party and your answer is: "I can come to the party as long as nothing else happens." Which of the following sentences can you use to say the same thing?
1.Unless something else comes up, I can make it. (Unless something else comes up, I'll be there.)
or
2.Not unless something else comes up, I can make it. (Not unless something else comes up, I'll be there.)
Thank you.
Let's say you are invited to a party and your answer is: "I can come to the party as long as nothing else happens." Which of the following sentences can you use to say the same thing?
1.Unless something else comes up, I can make it. (Unless something else comes up, I'll be there.)
or
2.Not unless something else comes up, I can make it. (Not unless something else comes up, I'll be there.)
Thank you.
Top answer
Unless something else comes up, I can make it. ) or This one makes sense. Not unless is typically used after someone asks you a yes or no question and the answer is no, followed by an exception.
- Unless something else comes up, I can make it.
- ) or This one makes sense.
- Not unless is typically used after someone asks you a yes or no question and the answer is no, followed by an exception.
- For instance: Are you going to make it to the party?
- Not unless there are a lot of people there (meaning the only reason I would go is if there are lots of people there)
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Anonymous1.Unless something else comes up, I can make it. (Unless something else comes up, I'll be there.)This one makes sense.
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Not unless is typically used after someone asks you a yes or no question and the answer is no, followed by an exception.
For instance:
Are you going to make it to the party?
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AnonymousLet's say you are invited to a party and your answer is: "I can come to the party as long as nothing else happens." Which of the following sentences can you use to say the same thing?
1.Unless something else comes up, I can make it. (Unless something else comes up, I'll be there.)
or
2.Not unless something else comes up, I can make it.
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your answer sounds like "Not, unless there are a lot of people there." and the longer version and of the conversation (or more specific) should go like this...
Are you going to make it to the party?
Yes. Not unless there are a lot of people there.
Please confirm if this is correct.
Are you going to make it to the party?
Yes. Not unless there are a lot of people there.
Please confirm if this is correct.
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AnonymousAre you going to make it to the party?No, it's not correct. The Not is like answering "No" to the original question, so you have
Yes. Not unless there are a lot of people there.
Yes. No. Unless there are ...
You can't have both the answer "Yes" and the answer "No" to the same question!
You can have
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