Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Difference in meaning
0 1. The trip will be cancelled unless it stops raining. 02 br
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00 2. The trip will not be postponed unless it rains. 02 br
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Top answer
0 1. It is currently raining. Cancelled = the trip will not happen.
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0 1. It is currently raining. Cancelled = the trip will not happen. (there may be an intention to run it on a later date but 'cancelled' does not show that. It could equally mean that the trip will never happen). 02 br
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00 2. It doesn't say anything about the current weather. Postponed = The trip be re-arranged. 0-
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00 2. It doesn't say anything about the current weather. Postponed = The trip be re-arranged. 0-
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