English · Ethics in Business

Expressing condition — providing/provided that/as long as

Providing, provided (that) and as long as: the words that attach one condition to a promise or a rule

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5 minutes

The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.

What the syllabus expects from you

  • Condition connectors providing/provided (that)/as long as introducing a condition clause

The method

  1. Swap-test: providing/provided (that)/as long as ≈ 'only if'

The common mistakes

  • Using 'provide' (the verb) instead of 'provided (that)' (the connector)

From the lesson

A landlord looks at a new shop owner and says, "I will rent you this space, provided that you open the doors within thirty days."

The vocabulary

  • provided that (بشرط أن)
  • as long as (طالما)

What is not on the syllabus

  • The classic if-conditionals (treated as 2nd conditional in the Advertising/Education units)

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