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*“[[Until]] X” means “[[at any time]] up to the point at which X happens”. | *“[[Until]] X” means “[[at any time]] up to the point at which X happens”. | ||
*“[[Unless]] X” means “except if X has happened”. | *“[[Unless]] X” means “except if X has happened”. | ||
To put it in a way which Lenny Kravitz<ref>The learned author of the celebrated monograph “''It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over''”.</re> might recognize: | |||
“It can’t happen until it’s happened.” | |||
At the point in time at which X happens, then X must have happened. [[Q.E.D.]] | At the point in time at which X happens, then X must have happened. [[Q.E.D.]] | ||