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Adonis Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
About until
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I don't know how to distinguish two sentences.
Black people didn't get the right to vote until 1950.
Black people could vote until 1950.
Thank you for your answer.
I don't know how to distinguish two sentences.
Black people didn't get the right to vote until 1950.
Black people could vote until 1950.
Thank you for your answer.
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'Until' means up to that point in time. Sentence one means that black people got the right to vote in 1950. They couldn't vote before 1950.
- 'Until' means up to that point in time.
- Sentence one means that black people got the right to vote in 1950.
- They couldn't vote before 1950.
- Sentence two means that black people could vote before 1950, but they couldn't vote after 1950.
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'Until' means up to that point in time.
Sentence one means that black people got the right to vote in 1950. They couldn't vote before 1950.
Sentence two means that black people could vote before 1950, but they couldn't vote after 1950.
Sentence one means that black people got the right to vote in 1950. They couldn't vote before 1950.
Sentence two means that black people could vote before 1950, but they couldn't vote after 1950.
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