Unless | as long as | provided |
providing
1.
The club is for members only. You can’t go in unless
you are a member.
2.
Our word of contention here is unless.
What does the word, unless mean?
3.
The word unless means except if.
4.
You can’t go in except if you are a
member. This means the same thing as: You can’t go in unless you a member. You
can use only if in the same situation, but only with the affirmative. So
rephrasing it we can say:
5.
You can go in only if you are a
member = you can’t go in except if you are a member = you can’t
go in unless you a member.
6.
Unless = except if and not
unless = only if
7.
Given below are some more examples of unless.
8.
I’ll see you tomorrow unless I have to work
late. This means: I’ll see you tomorrow except if I have to work late.
9.
There are no buses to the beach. Unless you have
a car, it is difficult to get there. We can rephrase it this way:
10.
There are no buses to the beach. Except if
you have a car, it is difficult to get there.
11.
‘Shall I tell Liz what happened?’ ‘Not unless
she asks.’ Rephrased differently, we can say:
12.
‘Shall I tell Liz what happened?’ ‘Only if she
asks.’
13.
Sally hates complaining. She wouldn’t complain
about something unless it was really bad. This means, she wouldn’t complain
about something except if it was really bad.
14.
We can take a taxi to the restaurant unless you’d
prefer to walk. This can be rephrased as: We can take a taxi to the restaurant
except if you’d prefer to walk.
15.
Instead of unless often it is possible to
say if ... not:
16.
Unless we leave now, we’ll be late. This can be
rephrased as: If we don’t leave now, we’ll be late.
17.
Now we’ll move on to see how ‘as long as’ and
‘so long as’ are used in sentences.
18.
You can borrow my car as long as you promise not
to drive too fast.
19.
You can borrow my car, but you must promise not
to drive too fast – this a condition.
20.
Now we shall see examples of the conditionals,
‘provided that’ and ‘providing that’.
21.
Travelling by car is convenient provided that
you have somewhere to park, or you can say:
22.
Travelling by car is convenient providing that
you have somewhere to park, or you can say:
23.
Travelling by car is convenient provided you
have somewhere to park, or you can say:
24.
Travelling by car is convenient providing you
have somewhere to park.
25.
Providing (that) the room is clean, I don’t mind
which hotel we stay at, or you can say:
26.
Provided (that) the room is clean, I don’t mind
which hotel we stay at.
27.
The room must clean – this is the condition.
28.
When we are talking about the future, we
normally use future tense, but there are instances when we use the present
tense. This is the first conditional when we use the present tense in the
condition.
29.
When you are talking about the future, do not
use the future modal ‘will’ with ‘so long as’, ‘as long as’, ‘unless’, ‘except
if’, and ‘only if’.
30.
I’m not going out unless it stops raining. Note
that we are using, unless it stops, we are not saying, unless it will stop.
We strike through the incorrect expressions that should not be used.
31.
Providing the weather is good, we’re going to
have a picnic. We cannot use the future tense here. We cannot say, ‘Providing
the weather will be good, ...’
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