How to use ‘unless’: conjunction
Unless is a subordinating conjunction. Here is how we use it correctly.
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Unless means 'except if'. We use unless to say that there may be an exception and that this exception will change the situation. |
We're playing tennis tomorrow unless it rains. Don't go there unless he tells you to. |
We use the present tense after unless when referring to the future. |
I won’t go to the party unless she invites me. unless she will invite
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Compare unless and if. |
We'll cancel tomorrow's tennis match if it rains. We'll cancel tomorrow's tennis match unless the weather improves. = The match will happen only if the weather gets better. |
More examples with unless
- I’m not going to the party unless you come too. I don’t want to go alone.
- We won’t get a table at the restaurant unless we get there early.
- Unless I’m mistaken, John’s house is the second on the left.
- We can go in the car – unless you’d prefer to walk
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