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Hsiaoyunh Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

until

Are the following both correct?

We can't eat cookies until dinner.
We can't eat cookies until after dinner.

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Both are grammatically correct, but the first is usually wrong. The first suggests that we will eat cookies at dinner (more accurately "dinnertime"). Since most people consider cookies as not a main meal, the first sentence does not make sense.

— Lakshwadeep

  • Both are grammatically correct, but the first is usually wrong.
  • The first suggests that we will eat cookies at dinner (more accurately "dinnertime").
  • Since most people consider cookies as not a main meal, the first sentence does not make sense.
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Both are grammatically correct, but the first is usually wrong.

The first suggests that we will eat cookies at dinner (more accurately "dinnertime"). Since most people consider cookies as not a main meal, the first sentence does not make sense.
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