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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

ACROSS vs THROUGH and TILL vs TO vs BEFORE

ACROSS or THROUGH

1 Don't press too hard on the marker. You'll see the marker through/across the card on the other side if you do. (could you tell me how you'd say this please?)
TILL/TO/BEFORE
 
2 There are 10 minutes left till to before end of match.
 
Thank you
  

Top answer

alc24 ACROSS or THROUGH 1 Don't press too hard on the marker. You'll see the marker through/across the card on the other side if you do. ) The marker will show through on the other side of the card.

— Avangi

  • alc24 ACROSS or THROUGH 1 Don't press too hard on the marker.
  • You'll see the marker through/across the card on the other side if you do.
  • ) The marker will show through on the other side of the card.
  • TILL/TO/BEFORE 2 There are 10 minutes left till to before end of match.
  • Assuming end of match is a fixed expression, without articles, all three are used.
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alc24 ACROSS or THROUGH
1 Don't press too hard on the marker. You'll see the marker through/across the card 
on the other side if you do. (could you tell me how you'd say this please?)
The marker will show through on the other side of the card.

TILL/TO/BEFORE
2 There are 10 minutes
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Thank you Avangi,

Could you please clarify these for me. I'm having trouble with the following, every person say something different, I'd like to know what you think.
  • I'm 10 pages to/till/from the end of the book.
  • I'm 3 episodes to/till/from/before the end of the season
  • I have 4 more episodes to watch till/to/before the end of season 2 of the show.x
  • Wa
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alc24 These bullets are a pain in the ****, BTW.
  • I'm 10 pages to/till/from the end of the book.
  • I'm 3 episodes to/till/from/before the end of the season ("I'm" does not work here.)
  • I have
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Thank you,

but I'm still having trouble.

I'm 10 pages from the end of the book. (in this sentence i'm using I'M so why can't you use it for the next sentence???)

I'm 3 episodes from/before the end of the season. (would this be OK??)

I have 4 more episodes to watch till/to/before the end of season 2 of the show.

John: How many episodes
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When you're reading a book, you are the one who determines the pace at which you proceed.
If you have purchased all the episodes on DVD, then you are the one who determines the pace at which you will proceed to watch them.

If you're watching on the telley, then you are not the one who determines the pace. You have t
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alc24,

Just a few words of observation even though not requested.

You have posted a lot of sentences, some good, some acceptable, and many, in my opinion, are

quite awkward in nature. When people helped you with their answers, are you taking the time to understand them? If you are not, the answers given to you are just like water under the bridge because you are so bu
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Hello Avangi,

I was going through this and came across this sentence you looked at.

I'm 3 episodes to/till/from/before the end of the season ("I'm" does not work here.)

If you can't use "I'm" then how would you say it please
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