Remember that there is a subject and verb that determines the change in conditions after the connector unless.
S
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V
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unless
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S
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V
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Luisa
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won’t
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unless
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she
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gets
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A scholarship
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Avoid deleting unless from the sentence; avoid deleting either the subject or the verb from the clause after unless.
INCORRECT : I can't go I don't get my work finished
CORRECT : I can't go unless I get my work finished.
CORRECT : I can't go unless I get my work finished.
INCORRECT : They are going to get a divorce unless he stopping drugs.
CORRECT : They are going to get a divorce unless he stops taking drugs.
INCORRECT : You won't get well unless you are taking your medicine.
CORRECT : You won't get well unless you take your medicine.
INCORRECT : Dean never calls his father unless needs money.
CORRECT : Dean never calls his father unless he needs money.
CORRECT : Dean never calls his father unless he needs money.
INCORRECT : We can't pay the rent unless the scholarship check.
CORRECT : We can't pay the rent unless the scholarship check comes.
CORRECT : We can't pay the rent unless the scholarship check comes.
Exercises
Part A: Choose the correct answer.
Football teams don't play in the Super Bowl championship ________ either the National or the American Conference.
(A) unless they win
(B) but they win
(C) unless they will win
(D) but to have won
(A) unless they win
(B) but they win
(C) unless they will win
(D) but to have won
Part B: Choose the incorrect word or phrase and correct it.
Usually boys cannot become Boy Scouts unless completed the fifth grade.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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