～か～ないかのうちに: "Just as soon as X, Y"!!!

Introduction

Welcome to yet anothー

Okay, before I even finished my first sentence, you were already skipping ahead to see what the grammar point is. Uhm, HELLO? Does anyone read these intros? They're really good... sometimes.

Anyway, don't worry if you're lacking some mental bandwidth today, this will be a pretty quick lesson. Yay!

〜か～ないかのうちに: In the uchi of undetermined existence...

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  Verb(dictionary form)かverb(casual negative form)かのうちに...(past tense action)
  Example:
  → スティーブがお皿さらを用意よういするかしないかのうちに、マイクがピザを全部ぜんぶ食たべてしまった。
  "Before Steve had even prepared the plates, Mike had already eaten all of the pizza.”