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Kooyeen Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
up to / as far as / until / to
Hi everyone, I know this might be a silly question, but...
1. Keep going on [ until you reach ] [ until ??] [ as far as ??] [ up to ??] [ to ?? ] the next intersection.
2. Take the first left [ until you reach ] [ until ??] [ as far as ??] [ up to ??] [ to ?? ] Captain Square.
3. I bet you can't throw your cell phone [ as far as ??] [ up to ??] [ to ?? ] that tree over there.
4. You have to stretch the rubber band [ by ] [ as far as ??] [ up to ] [ to ?? ] five inches.
5. You have to paint this wall [ as far as ??] [ up to ] [ to ?? ] that black line.
.... and so on.
I'm really, really confused about which one I should chose. The fact is I want to find another way to express the idea of "until somebody or something reaches a point in space" or "so that somebody or something will be at a certain point in space or close to it."
Thank you very much in advance.
1. Keep going on [ until you reach ] [ until ??] [ as far as ??] [ up to ??] [ to ?? ] the next intersection.
2. Take the first left [ until you reach ] [ until ??] [ as far as ??] [ up to ??] [ to ?? ] Captain Square.
3. I bet you can't throw your cell phone [ as far as ??] [ up to ??] [ to ?? ] that tree over there.
4. You have to stretch the rubber band [ by ] [ as far as ??] [ up to ] [ to ?? ] five inches.
5. You have to paint this wall [ as far as ??] [ up to ] [ to ?? ] that black line.
.... and so on.
I'm really, really confused about which one I should chose. The fact is I want to find another way to express the idea of "until somebody or something reaches a point in space" or "so that somebody or something will be at a certain point in space or close to it."
Thank you very much in advance.
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Hi, I know this might be a silly question, but... I don't think this is silly at all, I think it;s a rather philosophical question. In gebneral, I think we can often use each and all of the expresions you suggest.
- Hi, I know this might be a silly question, but...
- I don't think this is silly at all, I think it;s a rather philosophical question.
- In gebneral, I think we can often use each and all of the expresions you suggest.
- We tend not to worry about absolute precision in such statements.
- 1.
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Hi,
I know this might be a silly question, but... I don't think this is silly at all, I think it;s a rather philosophical question. In gebneral, I think we can often use each and all of the expresions you suggest. We tend not to worry about absolute precision in such statements.
1. Keep going on [ until you reach ] [ until ??]
I know this might be a silly question, but... I don't think this is silly at all, I think it;s a rather philosophical question. In gebneral, I think we can often use each and all of the expresions you suggest. We tend not to worry about absolute precision in such statements.
1. Keep going on [ until you reach ] [ until ??]
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Thanks a lot, Clive.
Probably the simplest is just 'to'. In fact that's the expression I find most often. It seems that the other expressions are not used much when you can simply write "to."
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Probably the simplest is just 'to'. In fact that's the expression I find most often. It seems that the other expressions are not used much when you can simply write "to."
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