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Navitasan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Until
1-Twenty people stayed at the party until two in the morning.
2-Twenty people stayed at the party up to two in the morning.
3-Twenty people were at the party until two in the morning.
4-Twenty people were at the party up to two in the morning.
Do any of these sentences imply that the twenty people left at
two.
Can't they be used in cases where the twenty people (or some of them)
stayed beyond two in the morning?
2-Twenty people stayed at the party up to two in the morning.
3-Twenty people were at the party until two in the morning.
4-Twenty people were at the party up to two in the morning.
Do any of these sentences imply that the twenty people left at
two.
Can't they be used in cases where the twenty people (or some of them)
stayed beyond two in the morning?
Top answer
None of these sentences tell us how many people were at the party initially or when any of them left but we know that 20 people remained until 2 am. After that they all could have left some could have left. There also could have been 50 at the party but only 20 at 2 am.
- None of these sentences tell us how many people were at the party initially or when any of them left but we know that 20 people remained until 2 am.
- After that they all could have left some could have left.
- There also could have been 50 at the party but only 20 at 2 am.
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None of these sentences tell us how many people were at the party initially or when any of them left but we know that 20 people remained until 2 am. After that they all could have left some could have left. There also could have been 50 at the party but only 20 at 2 am.
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