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Lionforsleeping Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Until - until
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"until used in the negative sentence" is so much easy for me.
But I'm confused about until used in the affirmative sentence.
"The war lasted until December"
The war always must have finished lasting in December?
This means we have to take classes through Wednesday or through Thursday?
It stops on Thursday according to definition of until on dictionaries.
stop?
then.. "this stop" means that the classes cease to exist after we've taken classes on Thursday?
or that the classes cease to exist after we've taken that on Wednesday?
sometimes "until now" is the same meaning as "so far", "yet" in the context?
as far as I know, "until now" suggests that it has changed or be changing, be about to change.
bye the way is it the same as so far, yet?
"Haven't you known if you have to do it or not until now?"
of course, I think that I'd raher use "yet", "so far" instead of using "until now".
is it possible to use "untl now"
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"until used in the negative sentence" is so much easy for me.
But I'm confused about until used in the affirmative sentence.
"The war lasted until December"
The war always must have finished lasting in December?
One of English teachers in our school said the war stopped during November.
I've been confusing since he said so.
Is the teacher right?
"We must take classes until Thursday"
This means we have to take classes through Wednesday or through Thursday?
It stops on Thursday according to definition of until on dictionaries.
stop?
then.. "this stop" means that the classes cease to exist after we've taken classes on Thursday?
or that the classes cease to exist after we've taken that on Wednesday?
sometimes "until now" is the same meaning as "so far", "yet" in the context?
as far as I know, "until now" suggests that it has changed or be changing, be about to change.
bye the way is it the same as so far, yet?
"Haven't you known if you have to do it or not until now?"
of course, I think that I'd raher use "yet", "so far" instead of using "until now".
is it possible to use "untl now"
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" -- I presume that the armistice was during December, but it is inherently ambiguous-- the last shot could have been fired any time from November 30th through January 1st. "We must take classes until Thursday"-- You will probably have to take a Thursday class. I don't understand your question about 'until now' but 'until' offers the same ambiguity as it does above.
- " -- I presume that the armistice was during December, but it is inherently ambiguous-- the last shot could have been fired any time from November 30th through January 1st.
- "We must take classes until Thursday"-- You will probably have to take a Thursday class.
- I don't understand your question about 'until now' but 'until' offers the same ambiguity as it does above.
- Some utterances in English simply require the listener to request clarification; it is the nature of the language.
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"The war lasted until December." -- I presume that the armistice was during December, but it is inherently ambiguous-- the last shot could have been fired any time from November 30th through January 1st.
"We must take classes until Thursday"-- You will probably have to take a Thursday class.
I don't understand your question about 'until now' but 'until' offe
"We must take classes until Thursday"-- You will probably have to take a Thursday class.
I don't understand your question about 'until now' but 'until' offe
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