4. Unless you have your ticket, you won't get on the plane
It's five o'clock in the morning and passengers are called to gather at gate 12. Paco is on the line and just in front of him there is a girl who has lost her boarding card, she is talking to the air assistant despairingly...
Air hostess: Sorry madam, but unless you have your boarding card you won't get on the plane.
Girl: But, I can't find it. Maybe it is on the chair I was sitting.
Air hostess: Well, you can go there and look for it. Providing that the boarding pass is there, you will get on the plane.
Girl: But what happens if I'm late for boarding.
Air hostess: Don't worry madam, if you are in a hurry we will wait for you.
Girl: Well, I will go then, thank you.
Air hostess: Welcome!
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Ten minutes later Paco is on board trying to get asleep.
When dealing with conditional sentences the order of clauses can be inverted without a change in its real meaning:
For example:
- Notice the absence or presence of the comma, depending on the structure.