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Penggunaan unless seringkali dipakai dalam percakapan atau dialog sehari-hari. Unless adalah subordinating conjunction. Berikut penjelasan unless agar kita semua semakin mengerti bagaimana cara menggunakan kata tersebut di dalam percakapan sehari-hari.
• Unless mengekspresikan suatu kondisi
Contoh:
You won’t get the high grade unless you study hard.
(You will get the high grade only if you study hard.)
• Kita menggunakan unless untuk tindakan atau situasi tertentu akan terjadi hanya jika tindakan tertentu lain yang terjadi sebelumnya.
Contoh:
Don’t go outside unless your parents allow you to.
(Go outside only if your parents allow you to do it)
Contoh lainnya:
He’s not going to that event unless his girlfriend comes too.
I won’t get that chance unless you tell me first
Unless I’m mistaken, Laura’s office is the second on the left.
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Kata unless memiliki makna yang sama dengan if…not.
Seperti if, unless diikuti dengan present tense, past tense, atau past perfect. Unless digunakan sebagai pengganti if + not dalam semua jenis kalimat pengandaian (conditional sentences):
Tipe 1: (Unless + present)
You will be addicted unless you stop using drugs (sama maknanya dengan: You will be addicted if you don’t stop using drugs).
Tipe 2: (Unless + past)
I would not drink that juice unless I was really thirsty. (sama maknanya dengan: I would not drink that juice If I was not really thirsty).
Tipe 3: (Unless + past perfect)
He would not have called her unless I had suggested it. (sama maknanya dengan: He would not has called her if I had not suggested it.)