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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hitherto?

Hi! everyone.Could you guide me,how to use "hitherto"?
I tried to make a sentence and i:e Until the two countries do not discuss this issue peacefully, hitherto they won't get any good result except war.
I will be very grateful,if you tell me the correct use of it.
Thanks!
  

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I use it as an adverb to mean "prior to the present time," or prior to some time or event which is referenced. I had hitherto never seen a display of aurora borealis. But on some specified occasion, I did see such a display.

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  • I use it as an adverb to mean "prior to the present time," or prior to some time or event which is referenced.
  • I had hitherto never seen a display of aurora borealis.
  • But on some specified occasion, I did see such a display.
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I use it as an adverb to mean "prior to the present time," or prior to some time or event which is referenced.

I had hitherto never seen a display of aurora borealis.

But on some specified occasion, I did see such a display.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hitherto
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Yes.
Up until that time, I had never seen such a display.
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