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Grapepark Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

The usage of "till" and "until"

Is it right?

She was going to arrive till noon.
  

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She was not going to arrive until noon. 'til is informal.

  • She was not going to arrive until noon.
  • 'til is informal.
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She was not going to arrive until noon.
'til is informal.
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Both till (double 'l') and until are acceptable (and largely interchangable).

'til is a contracted form of until and should be avoided in formal writing.
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So how can I say my own sentence?
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I think that AlpheccaStars has it right, but you haven't provided context.

She was not going to arrive until/till noon.
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I wanted to say she was going to arrive till noon, but she hasn't arrived yet. (now it's afternoon)
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I wanted to say she was going to arrive at noon, but she hasn't arrived yet.
Until is not a suitable preposition.

Looking to the future:
Our guide will be with us until 3 pm.
We will stay in the hotel until Thursday.

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