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in thread A new idiom -or- I Hate Unless

I agree with you about avoiding unless {} else {}, but that's because it's confusing to native English speakers as well.
Is it? I'm not native (Russian) and the whole concept of unless is alien to me. But I got over it, and even got used to it and even became fond of it (due to Perl) :) Never thought that unless {} else {} does not look like real English. Thanks for education!

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Re^4: A new idiom -or- I Hate Unless
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Aug 24, 2004 at 16:19 UTC

    I think the 'else' following an 'unless' in english is often spelled 'otherwise'. As in, 

    unless its raining i will go to the swimming pool, otherwise ill watch
+ a movie.

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    'else' in the context wouldn't be wrong, but it wouldnt be particularly idiomatic.

    All IMO of course.


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