unless = if you don't
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View Poll Results: ____ you stop drinking so much, you'll get ill.
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Thread: If\Unless
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12-Nov-2003, 23:21 #1
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If\Unless
Why?
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13-Nov-2003, 00:14 #2
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13-Nov-2003, 00:27 #3
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Did you vote for 'until'?
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13-Nov-2003, 00:33 #4
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No. It wasn't you then?
Originally Posted by tdol
Did you vote for 'until'?
(I don't think until makes any sense there.)
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13-Nov-2003, 12:49 #5
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I plead innocent, but the numbers don't add up. One of us is guilty. At least neither of us intendded to do it. I'm the worse typist, so the finger of guilt and shame points my way. ;-(
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13-Nov-2003, 17:26 #6
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I'll agree with that.
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13-Nov-2003, 17:54 #7
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I just voted for "unless".
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13-Nov-2003, 18:29 #8
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Thanks, Mike. Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
I just voted for "unless".
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13-Nov-2003, 18:41 #9
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You're an angel. Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
I just voted for "unless".
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14-Nov-2003, 14:59 #10
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Re: If\Unless
Unless you stop drinking, you'll get sick. (OK) Originally Posted by tdol
If you stop drinking, you'll get sick. (OK)
Pre-AA member: I afraid to stop drinking cold turkey. I'll be so sick.
AA member: It's true. If you stop drinking, you'll get sick.
If not you stop drinking, you'll get sick. (Not OK. Spoken by post-AA member who's fallen off the wagon)
