From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2005-11-23T02:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: semenatics of if/unless/while statement modifiers

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Stefan Kaes wrote:

> Well, I'm German, so maybe it's more natural for me. But isn't "drive
> down the road until you see a stop sign" valid English? And I've never
> heard "until you see a stop sign, drive down the road"? Although this
> would be valid German, if translated literally :-)

It's valid structure in French too. It's certainly not a germanic-only 
structure. It depends on which part you want to emphasize: the condition 
itself? or what to do when the condition is true?

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