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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
until then/until after then
I was very unhappy until then when my mother back home.
I was very unhappy until after then when my mother back home.
Are the two sentences correct?
I suspect whether my second sentence is correct or not. If it is correct, could you tell me what it means?
I was very unhappy until after then when my mother back home.
Are the two sentences correct?
I suspect whether my second sentence is correct or not. If it is correct, could you tell me what it means?
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I was very unhappy until then, when my mother back home. OK. I would use a comma though.
- I was very unhappy until then, when my mother back home.
- OK.
- I would use a comma though.
- I was very unhappy until after then, when my mother back home.
- OK.
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I was very unhappy until then, when my mother back home. OK. I would use a comma though.
I was very unhappy until after then, when my mother back home. OK. I would use a comma though.
Are the two sentences correct? YES
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I was very unhappy until after then, when my mother back home. OK. I would use a comma though.
Are the two sentences correct? YES
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I was very unhappy until then, when my mother came back home.
I was very unhappy until after then, when my mother came back home.
Your first sentence means you were sad until your mother's arrival.
Your second sentence means you were sad until sometime after your mother'
I was very unhappy until after then, when my mother came back home.
Your first sentence means you were sad until your mother's arrival.
Your second sentence means you were sad until sometime after your mother'
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If I say, "Yesterday I waited for you at your house till midnight until after then you get in.
What does the phrase "until after then" mean in this sentence?
I can somehow understand it like this : "Yesterday I waited for you at your house till midnight but you didn't arrived until then so I went back, and then you arrived".
What does the phrase "until after then" mean in this sentence?
I can somehow understand it like this : "Yesterday I waited for you at your house till midnight but you didn't arrived until then so I went back, and then you arrived".
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(X) Yesterday I waited for you at your house till midnight until after then you get in-- this sentence means nothing, Gary. The sentence structure is impossible. To say what you want to say (Yesterday I waited for you at your house till midnight but you didn't arrived until then so I went back, and then you arrived) you will have to rearrange it this way:
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