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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Unless or not Unless
i often hear people use the word phrase "not unless" instead of using "unless" . Grammatically speaking, is the phrase "not unless" correct? it sounds redundant to me...
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Perhaps you are hearing an ellipted form of this sort of thing: I will meet you tomorrow unless I die first. vs I will not miss our meeting tomorrow unless I die first.
- Perhaps you are hearing an ellipted form of this sort of thing: I will meet you tomorrow unless I die first.
- vs I will not miss our meeting tomorrow unless I die first.
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Perhaps you are hearing an ellipted form of this sort of thing:
I will meet you tomorrow unless I die first.
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I will not miss our meeting tomorrow unless I die first.
I will meet you tomorrow unless I die first.
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I will not miss our meeting tomorrow unless I die first.
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