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from English Grammar Today. We use the conjunction unless to mean ‘except if’. The clause which follows unless is a subordinate clause (sc): it needs a main clause (mc) to make a complete sentence. When unless comes before the main clause, we use a comma: Unless [SC] it rains, [MC] we’ll go for a picnic by the river tomorrow.
Definition of unless conjunction from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. unless. conjunction. /ənˈles/. /ənˈles/. used to say that something can only happen or be true in a particular situation. You won't get paid for time off unless you have a doctor's note. I won't tell them—not unless you say I can.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English un‧less /ʌnˈles, ən-/ S1 W1 conjunction 1 used to say that something will happen or be true if something else does not happen or is not true Unless some extra money is found, the theatre will close. I think you should complain – unless, of course, you are happy with the way things are.
5 days ago · unless in American English. (ʌnˈlɛs ) conjunction. 1. in any case other than that; except that; except if. unless it rains, the game will be played. preposition. 2. except; save.
un•less (un les′, ən-), conj. except under the circumstances that: I'll be there at nine, unless the train is late. prep. except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster.
(ʌnˈlɛs, ən-) conj. 1. except under the circumstances that: We'll be there at nine, unless the train is late. prep. 2. except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster. [1400–50; late Middle English preposition phrase on less,o less (e), earlier upon less on a lesser footing (than)]
Unless means 'except if'. We use unless to say that there may be an exception and that this exception will change the situation. We're playing tennis tomorrow unless it rains .
