unless のあとの否定
unless you don't want tounless it's notunless you have no choice
わかったこと
- unless のあとに否定は来てよい。unless 節 171,166 個のうち 3,406 個（2.0%）に not・never・no などの否定が入っている。
- ただし if 節に否定が入る割合（13%）の約7分の1。映画・小説（2.5%）からニュース（0.9%）まで、どの種類の文章でも if よりずっと少ない。
- 否定の入った unless は「〜しない場合は別だが」の意味で使われている。if not と混ぜた unless I'm not mistaken は 2 文だけで、unless I'm mistaken は 226 文、if I'm not mistaken は 1,933 文。
- いちばん多いのは気持ちの動詞の否定（unless you don't want to・don't mind・don't like・don't care）。mind は unless のあとでも 77% が否定の形で、care は if と同じくらい（23%）否定で使う。
- no を使う「ほかに手がないなら」（unless you have no choice・unless there is no other option）もよく使う。
- 会話で前の発言に1文だけで付け足す Unless it wasn't the same guy. のような unless は、否定が 5.0% で、文の後ろに付く unless（1.5%）の約3倍。
否定が入る割合：unless 節と if 節
節100個のうち、not・never・no などの否定が入るものの割合。
unless 節if 節
全体171,166節
2.0%
13%
映画・ドラマ46,048節
2.5%
16%
話し言葉27,533節
1.1%
10%
小説32,150節
2.5%
16%
ネット45,943節
2.0%
12%
ニュース11,119節
0.9%
6.8%
百科事典3,597節
1.5%
12%
論文4,776節
1.4%
6.7%
0.0%5.0%10%15%20%
unless 節の置き場所
unless 節if 節
文の後ろ… unless …130,987節
1.5%
13%
文の前Unless …, …19,562節
1.9%
13%
1文だけUnless ….20,617節
5.0%
15%
0.0%5.0%10%15%20%
動詞ごとの否定の割合
unless（if）のすぐあとの動詞ごとに、その動詞が否定の形になっている割合。mind なら unless you mind と unless you don't mind をあわせた中の don't mind の割合。
unless 節if 節
mind75節
77%
97%
care189節
23%
23%
trust109節
17%
53%
like874節
7.0%
18%
believe429節
4.7%
23%
know3,149節
3.0%
19%
want9,058節
3.1%
8.6%
think1,398節
2.9%
7.3%
be38,697節
1.5%
12%
go3,050節
1.5%
8.4%
get6,519節
0.8%
16%
0.0%25%50%75%100%
実例
unless 節100個のうち、動詞そのものの否定が 1.6個、no・nothing・nobody などが 0.4個。
気持ちの動詞の否定 want・mind・like・care
- Oh, no, no, no. I'd love to go on a date, unless you don't want to.映画・ドラマ
- There are no tables left at the moment, unless you don't mind sharing.映画・ドラマ
- I wouldn't try to do it by hand unless you don't mind ruining the map.ネット
- Free speech is great, unless you don't like what somebody else is saying.話し言葉
- You'll be late for your meeting, unless you don't care...映画・ドラマ
- How old are you, unless you don't want to say?ネット
no・nothing・nobody・none
- Do not engage the enemy unless you have no choice.映画・ドラマ
- No, I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice.映画・ドラマ
- I think reality shows are garbage, and I rarely watch them unless nothing else is on.ネット
- You can't use it continuously unless nobody else is waiting.映画・ドラマ
- The trick is won by the highest trump, unless none are played, in which case the highest card of the led suit wins.百科事典
- And I know no one wants to pay for three kids in full time daycare unless there is literally no other option.ネット
be 動詞の否定
- That's your new target, unless it's not big enough.映画・ドラマ
- I don't know why she got upset, unless it's not my baby.映画・ドラマ
- I am not sure if either of you needs to do anything differently unless you weren't happy with how he handled it.ネット
- If the entire document is relevant but some passages are of particular relevance, such passages shall be identified unless such identification is not practicable.ネット
- Patients received at least three courses to be evaluable unless it was not in their best interest.論文
そのほかの動詞の否定
- There are other arguments for CRTs, but lag is not a good one, unless you can't afford a new LCD.ネット
- I've never broken a date unless I couldn't help it.映画・ドラマ
- Hildernisse is known for his tendency to depict all walls at 90 degree angles, unless he clearly could not do that.百科事典
- My Pebble Steel usually lasts about 5 days, unless I don't wake up to the alarm going off on my phone.ネット
- I don't remember the details, but basically it is cheaper to have it registered, unless you never have a false alarm.ネット
- Everyone knows that the cultures of different countries can be unimaginably different from one another, unless you haven't traveled abroad.ネット
1文だけの Unless …（上は直前の文）
- If he planted it he'd know where it was, right?Unless it wasn't the same guy.映画・ドラマ
- The school would be almost finished by now.Unless it was never built.映画・ドラマ
- Thanks for -- please be seated.Unless, of course, you don't have a chair.話し言葉
- So, now you can move on.Unless, of course, you don't want to move on.映画・ドラマ
- You could stay here, if you like.Unless your mother wouldn't like it.映画・ドラマ
- Any reason Antonov, um, wouldn't want Customs to see the diamonds?Unless he wasn't carrying diamonds.映画・ドラマ
- Texas will have to create the entities to deal with immigration and citizenship.Unless they don't.ネット
unless I'm not mistaken はほとんどない
if … not と unless を混ぜた形の文の数。
if I'm not mistaken1,933文
unless I'm mistaken226文
unless I'm not mistaken2文