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Originally Posted by hela Example:
Instruction: You can only go in if you are a member.
Answer: Unless … (you are a member, you cannot not go in.)
Instruction: If he had not recommended me, I would not have been able to get the job.
Answer: But for … (his recommendation, I would not have been able to get the job.)
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Instruction: We did not use our umbrellas. It was not raining. (correct ?)
Answer: Had … (it been raining, we would have used our umbrellas.) |
Your answer is OK, but it is reversed from the instruction. How about Because it wasn't raining, we didn't use our umbrellas.
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Instruction: I wanted to go on competing. The doctor advised me not to because I looked very tired. (correct ? Other possibility?)
Answer: I wanted to go on competing, but the doctor told me … (I had better not because I looked very tired.)
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Your use of the conjunction "but" is correct.
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Instruction: ???
Answer: I don’t like them at all so I … (would rather you did not go with them.)
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I don't like them at all. I would rather you didn't go with them.
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Instruction: I did not stay with my previous job; therefore I did not win a promotion and now I am in this unfortunate position. (correct ?
Answer: Had I ... (stayed with my previous job, I would have won promotion and I wouldn’t be in this unfortunate position now.)
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Again it is OK, but it is reversed. You could also say: Because I did not stay with my previous employer, I did not get the promotion, and now I am....
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2) Would you please help me understand:
a) the difference between “if, in case, unless and lest”
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"If" has a number of meanings and uses. Because the other words have to do with conditions, I'll limit my "if" remarks to conditional uses.
"If" is used to introduce a condition, that, once met, will trigger a result.
If A, then B.
"In case" or "Just in case" is very similar. If what is proposed by "in case" occurs, then something else will happen or should happen. In case A happens, then B.
"Unless" can be seen as the opposite of the other two. It means " except on the condition that". The result will happen in all other circumstances than this one.
Unless A, then B.
"Lest" is a bit strange. It is more like "if" than "unless" because it makes a positive proposal even though it means a negative result. It means "for fear that" and it takes a subjunctive in the result clause.
John skipped the party, lest he see Mary.
[quote]b) mixed conditionals, i.e., sentences that combine type 1, 2 and 3 conditional clauses.
3) Where can I find exercises on the above subjects?[/unquote]
http://www.englishpage.com/condition...nditional.html http://esl.about.com/library/printab...nal1_print.htm http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gramm...ditionals.html http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary...ditionals.html http://www.usingenglish.com/profiles...es/000053.html