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Magda Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

until the end of ...

0 Could you tell me if it is correct to say: "until the end of the twenty-second century"?02br
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0 Hejsan Magda02br 02br 00The expression is good English, you just have to put it in the right kind of sentence. 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB0-

— Cool Breeze

  • 0 Hejsan Magda02br 02br 00The expression is good English, you just have to put it in the right kind of sentence.
  • 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB0-
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0 Hejsan Magda02br
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00The expression is good English, you just have to put it in the right kind of sentence. The present century is the twenty-first, by the way.02br
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0 0500240hrefhttp://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=%22until+the+end+of+the+century%22+&srchst=nyt
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0 Heysan, Cool Breeze.02br
05000 yes, I know it. I need this phrase for my composition about future.02br
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0Marius, once again thanks for your answer 05000 .02br
00Very often I don't know how far I can trust google and the results I get after I search a phrase.02br
00I am certain that if I type in "I have ate supper", google will return some results. 010id1
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0 If you have doubts on google, search the New York Times, an educated bunch:-)02br
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00 It's all material checked for publication by their editors, AFAIK. 02br
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0Marius, I typed "have ate" and got 3 results 05000 .010id3
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01cite10Magda12cite10Marius, I typed "have ate" and got 3 results 15310 .12br
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10Where? Pls paste them here from the browser. I want to see them, including the links, if possible. 02br
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00 Yes. I found them in the New York Times, and they are all BAD: 0
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0See? My trust in the net is ever more limited now 05000 .02br
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00Why do people make so horrible mistakes?010id5
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01cite10Magda12cite10See? My trust in the net is ever more limited now 15010 .12br
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10The only explanation I have is that the editors wanted to quote the original words 01b00as spoken02b0
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0 Because you seem to prefer BrE, you may want to do the search 01b00from Google02b00 this way (in order to search the BBC site):02br
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01b00site:bbc.co.uk "have eaten"02b0-
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