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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Not until/as late as
Hi!
I've been thinking about the following sentence for a while and I really cannot tell whether it's a correct one. Here it is:
"When are we going to have our next lesson ? And if it was |not until/not before/as late as| next Thursday I...blah blah blah"
Now the context:
Let's say I give a certain person certain lessons and I want to find out when they are going to have a time for the next meeting. I also want to express that if it was not to be any time soon I would want them to do sth (for example do an extra homework). At first I wanted to use "as late as" but I'm not sure if it can be used when refering to the future (I think I've seen it being used in this context but can't remember where it was...). "Not until" seems alright and so does "not before" although I'd be grateful for a confirmation/corection on this issue too. Thanks in advance!
I've been thinking about the following sentence for a while and I really cannot tell whether it's a correct one. Here it is:
"When are we going to have our next lesson ? And if it was |not until/not before/as late as| next Thursday I...blah blah blah"
Now the context:
Let's say I give a certain person certain lessons and I want to find out when they are going to have a time for the next meeting. I also want to express that if it was not to be any time soon I would want them to do sth (for example do an extra homework). At first I wanted to use "as late as" but I'm not sure if it can be used when refering to the future (I think I've seen it being used in this context but can't remember where it was...). "Not until" seems alright and so does "not before" although I'd be grateful for a confirmation/corection on this issue too. Thanks in advance!
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Those three will all work. I guess "not until" is probably the most obvious. ".
- Those three will all work.
- I guess "not until" is probably the most obvious.
- ".
- Also, there should be no space before a question mark.
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Those three will all work. I guess "not until" is probably the most obvious. However, you should say "if it is..." (or in practice normally "if it's...") rather than "if it was ...". Also, there should be no space before a question mark.
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I'd use this one and forget the others, even though they are all correct.
And if it's not until next Thursday, then I'd like to ...
CJ
And if it's not until next Thursday, then I'd like to ...
CJ
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