provided that

provided that
provided that, providing that
The form provided is generally preferred, and that may be omitted in both cases:

• In summer he will show visitors around the chapel provided he likes their faces and they are not wearing shorts —Linguist, 1992

• It works well enough providing I keep my blanket around me —Jeanette Winterson, 1987.


Modern English usage. 2014.

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