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[Offroad]

Dear friends

Does this sentence make any sense?

Before the class started I talked to him for half an hour, he said unless his son is 18 he won't leave the country.

Is it badly worded?

Thanks

[Rover_KE]

Yes, it is. You need a full stop after 'hour'.

The second sentence is not clear.

Try rephrasing it.

Rover

[Offroad]

Before the class started I talked to him for half an hour. He said he will not leave the country until his son turns 18.

Before the class started I talked to him for half an hour. He said he is not leaving the country unless his son turns 18.

It looks like the former is a lot better than the later.

Thanks

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[5jj]

Before the class started I talked to him for half an hour. He said he will not leave the country until his son turns 18.
Before the class started I talked to him for half an hour. He said he is not leaving the country unless his son turns 18.

It looks like the former is a lot better than the latter.

It's not only better - it's the only meaningful possibility, unless there is a very strong possibility that his son will die before his eighteenth birthday.