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USE OF UNLESS (IF...

Use 'If. .. not' to removeUnless'


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Example :
1. Unless she is there, I will not come.

Ans. If she is not| there, Iwill not come.

2. Ican't tell you unless youare ready.

Ans. Ican' tell you if you are not ready.

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Example
1. | Unless youask me, I can't understand your problem.

Ans. If you don't ask me, I can't understand your problem.

2 She will not understand the topic unless she reads it.

Ans. She will not understand the topicifl she doesn't read it.

(11.1)
XIl: English Grammar 11.2 Use of Unless
(If...Not)
3. Unless you went there, you wouldn't get the information

Ans. If you didn't go there, you wouldn't get the information

Use Unless' :

If tatt unless T 14R GRGIG.

(Unless aT HIG) not zIhdld.


Example:
1. If you don't look at the board, vou will not understand it.
Ans. Unless you look at the board, you will not understand it.
2. If you work hard, you will not fail in the exam.
Ans. Unless you work hard, you will fail in the exam.
3 If you study hard, you will pass the exam.
Ans. Unless you study hard, you will not pass the exam.
TEXTUAL SENTENCES
Q. Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:
1 If I had never dropped in on that course in college, the M ac
would have never had multiple typefaces. (1.3)
[Rewrite using 'unless] [Feb. 200S]
Ans. Unless I had dropped in on that course in college, the Mac
would have never had multiple typefaces.
2 Ifyou don't try, you'll never know. (1.2)
(Rewrite iusing 'unless']
Ans. Unless you try, vou'll never know.
3 If his voice didn't have a rough edge, we would breathe and
move around a bit freely (2.4)
(Rewrite using 'unless']
Ans. Unless Iis voice had a rough edge, we would breathe and
nove argund a bit freely
XIl:English Gramnar 11.3 Use of Unless (|.Not
4. If we can imagine a future,we can create it. (2.2)
(Rewrite using 'Unless')
Ans. Unless we can imagine a future, we can't ereate it.
5 If we can create that future, others will live in it. (2.2)
IRewrite using 'Unless)
Ans Unless we can create that future, others will not live in it.
6. If given the chance to talk about themselves, patients are
often very good judges of what's wrong with them. (1.2)
IRewrite using 'Unless]
Ans. Unless given the chance to talk about themselves, patients
are not often very good judges of what's wrong with them.
7. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking (1.3)
IRemove using "Unless']
Ans. Unless you have found it, keep looking.
8. If we don't seize it, it's curtains for us earthlings. (7.2)
(Rewrite using "Unless')
Ans. Unless we seize it, it's curtains for us earthlings.
9. If you are a bit more particular, you can order a pair. (5.2)
(Rewrite using "Unless]
Ans. Unless you are a bit more particular, you cannot order a pair.
10. You'llnever know unless you try. (1.2)
(Rewrite using 'If- not']
Ans. You'll never know if you don't try.
11. Happiness has to be earned by pursuing it in meaningful
ways. (Rewrite using 'If] (7.3)
Ans. If happiness has to be earned, it has to be puisued in
meaningful ways.

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