[etni] Fwd: re: unless conditional
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From: remanuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: unless conditional
It's all about double negatives making positives. Perhaps this clarifies it:
If the seas are clean, the fish will live.= Unless the seas are not
clean, the fish will live.
If the seas are not cleaned up, the fish will die.= Unless the seas
are cleaned up, the fish will die.
If the seas are polluted, the fish will die. = Unless the seas are not
polluted, the fish will die.
If the seas are not polluted, the fish will survive.= Unless the seas
are polluted, the fish will survive.
Happy Chanuka to one and all!
Marlene wrote:
> I got stuck explaining the use of conditional one with unless. Change
> this sentence to Unless...
> If the seas are polluted, fish will die.
> Unless the seas are cleaned up, fish will die.
> But,
> Unless the seas aren't polluted, fish will survive (or die?)...
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