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‘Unless’ expresses a condition and is always used in the negative sense. Thus ‘not’ is never used with ‘unless’.
Example:
Incorrect: Unless you do not work hard, you will not excel in the examination.
Correct: Unless you work hard, you will not excel in the examination.
Certain nouns possess a singular form but possess plurality character and thus, take a plural verb when used in a sentence.
Examples of such nouns are Cattle, peasantry,
people, clergy, police.
Example:
Incorrect: The People has come.
Correct: The People have come.
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