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Can you begin a sentence with unless?
If you want to use UNLESS in this way, you can use this word at the beginning of the sentence or in the middle of the sentence. Unless I had had no homework, I would come with you. Unless my manager told me that I have to work until midnight, you would invite me, right? She would be here unless her mom allowed to be.
When can I use unless?
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.
What does a noun phrase start with?
A noun phrase is a group of two or more words headed by a noun that includes modifiers (e.g., ‘the,’ ‘a,’ ‘of them,’ ‘with her’). A noun phrase plays the role of a noun. In a noun phrase, the modifiers can come before or after the noun. (This is a noun phrase headed by a pronoun.)
What part of speech is unless?
conjunction
The word ‘unless’ is a conjunction. A conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect two clauses or sentences, or to show relationships among…
How do you use a noun phrase?
Complete sentences always have at least one clause, but noun phrases can be created by adding a clause after your noun. For example, take the sentence, “I need to talk to the woman I met yesterday.” It uses the noun phrase “woman I met yesterday.” The noun “woman” is modified by the clause “I met yesterday.”
How do you know if a sentence is a noun phrase?
A noun phrase always includes a noun, which is a person, place, or thing; or a pronoun, which takes the place of a noun. This pronoun can be a subject pronoun or an indefinite pronoun. Noun phrases also include words that modify the noun, or set it apart, so we know which noun we are talking about.