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Kerznerk Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Until

"The shop is closing until Friday."

What does this expression mean?
When is the shop open again?
A. Friday Itself?
B. Saturday?
  

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kerznerk When is the shop open again? Friday. CJ

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  • kerznerk When is the shop open again?
  • Friday.
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kerznerkWhen is the shop open again?
Friday.

CJ
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Thanks for the response. I thought the sentence means that the shop is closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I may have the wrong definition of the preposition "until", or probably the meaning of the sentence is due to the verb tense. I would like to know why the answer is Friday. =)
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kerznerkI thought the sentence means that the shop is closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Well, you were wrong, weren't you?
kerznerkI may have the wrong definition of the preposition "until"
That's possible if you think "closed until Friday" includes "closed on Friday".
kerzner
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Hi sir. thefreedictionary.com offers 2 definition of this preposition.
prep.
1. Up to the time of: We danced until dawn.
2. Before (a specified time): She can't leave until Friday.

I take it that your context of this preposition in my sentence based on your explanation is the latter.

I am a non-native-English speaker. In my region, we are accustomed to the first de
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kerznerkI take it that your context of this preposition in my sentence based on your explanation is the latter.
Both the former and the latter mean the same to me. Dawn is basically when the sun rises. We danced until dawn means we kept dancing until the sun rose. When the sun rose, we stopped dancing.

She can't leave until Friday mea
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