Discussion
Find out whether there is an error in any underlined part.
Unless you do not (A) labour hard (B) you will not pass (C) No error (D)
Answer: A
The error is in part (A), Unless you do not.
Unless already means 'if not', so adding 'do not' makes a double negative. The correct sentence is 'Unless you labour hard, you will not pass' (or 'If you do not labour hard, you will not pass').
'Labour hard' and 'you will not pass' are correct as they stand, so the other options are wrong.
Other words that already carry a negative and should not be followed by 'not' include 'until' in the sense of 'before', 'lest' and 'hardly'.
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