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0I'd say that the speaker would usually add something to the sentence (e.g. the word 'morning' and/or the time) if the time of day is important -- especially if it should be early in the day:02br
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01i00Could you get this thesis bound by (10 o'clock) tomorrow morning?02i02br
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0 If asked this question, I would ask "At what time tomorrow is the bound thesis needed?" "Tomorrow" on its own is too indefinite in this context.0-

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Could you get this thesis bound by tomorrow?12br
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10Does 'by tomorrow' mean 'early in the morning', 'at the end of the day' or 'anytime tomorrow'?12br
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10'By tomorrow' can mean by 'midnight tomorrow'.0-

i have the same question? to me it means before tomorrow = today before midnight. but i speak british english but the boss speaks american english, so i have no idea that he means. he also says stuff like USA beat China by 88 to 75, when actually, USA only beat China by 8...

Anonymousi have the same question? to me it means before tomorrow = today before midnight. but i speak british english but the boss speaks american english, so i have no idea that he means. he also says stuff like USA beat China by 88 to 75, when actually, USA only beat China by 8...

This thread is so old it would have been better to have opened a new one i

Hi,

The above sentence Could you get this thesis bound by tomorrow? is not explaining the definite time as when to deliver it tomorrow.

So, I guess in this sentence it should mean 'anytime tomorrow'.

Regards,

Nidhi

imnidhi, please note the original thread is four years old. The most recent poster asked about "Before tomorrow."

There is no need to answer a question that is four years old and adequately answered back then.