Can Jow Forums figure this out?

i was almost going to say if anyways
but i hate putting so much effort into thinking

i know that feel
t.lazy fuck

im even like this with serious exams its a curse

all are right in different contexts

no

in aussie english It'd work since we'd often negate the 'would have' and replace it with fakin'

defo if

This seems correct to me. The impression I get is that opening the gate allowed the fire workers to enter the yard and extinguish the fire. The answer being "if" on the other hand seems to imply that the gate being open caused the mansion to burn to the ground; why would that be?

Because the fire workers are retards.

So am I a tard or not?
Getting conflicted signals here.

You are not retard as long as you know that you would be killed if you mocked the fire workers.

you are trying to make a logical narrative of the statement and not seeing the syntax

if you break it down
if x had/nt y, z

>unless your dad had kept fucking your mother, you would have a sibling
>if your dad had kept fucking your mother, you would have had a sibling

only one of these makes sense

fuck it bed time
way to ruin own proof

אם

the grammatically correct answer isn't one that makes sense

the reason why is really technical though
onestopenglish.com/methodology/teaching-tips/ask-the-experts/grammar-questions/grammar-unless-and-if/146350.article

Unless.
Unless has the same function as a conditional (if) statement with a negative clause. (i.e unless(A) == if(A`))

yes hello i'd like to buy a vowel

Bait question with two answers.

perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional.html

Unless, I guess

>nip flag outs himself as an english teacher

english teacher has arrived

pretending to be a grammar nazi but using "if" without "then"
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Don't know why we let any of you people speak English

B, D and E are the only grammatically correct/remotely sensible answers.
The reason it is not "if" is because there is no functional correlation between opening a steel gate and a mansion burning to the ground. The reader is supposed to put 2 and 2 together on this one. This is essentially the same as "once."
Therefore, the answer is "unless." This is explaining that the mansion would have burned down in all cases other than if they had opened the steel gate, presumably for more-effectively access the building. This is both grammatically correct and makes sense in the situation.

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if

I would go with unless. In A levels people who study a foreign language get to study a film and a book in that language, do the Japs do the same with English in the late years of High School?

Its not B you fucking idiots.
The mansion burning to the ground is not conditional on the gate in the backyard opening.
It's C. The mansion was doomed from the start.

false equivalency.
>accusing people of trying to make a logical narrative and not seeing syntax
>uses logical narrative biased in his favor to prove his point

>unless x had/nt y, z
makes just as much sense as
>if x had/nt y, z
Unless the load was secured, it would have fallen.
This isn't really a natural way to say things, but there is nothing inherently wrong about it. It excludes other ways of doing things, which "if" doesn't. Imagine this situation:
Worker A: Why did the crate fall?
Worker B: Unless the grip was locked, it would have fallen.
In an "if" alternative:
Worker A: Why did the crate fall?
Worker B: If the grip was locked, the crate wouldn't have fallen.
While both of these are correct, the "if" alternative doesn't imply that the grip was the only way of securing the load, while the "unless" statement does.

Then would have been:
The mansion would have STILL burned to the ground

It's still correct. They omitted STILL to make it more difficult.

Your proof fundamentally argues against your own position. Even they submit that "unless" can be used in the same sentences "if" would be able to provided the circumstances make it rational.
>As it is pointed out in Michael's Swan's grammar book, unless cannot always be used instead of if.
Key word: "always"

if is the only one that makes sense

yea OK namenigger

Even before

even before

B

C is the correct answer, but the statement is unwieldy.

It's b you idots. The gate is hooked up to a self destruct mechanism to keep their secrets hidden