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NicholasOfChina Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

What does the "up" mean, here.

In Wikipedia , there is such a sentence: It(the international space station) was put together in Low Earth orbit up until 2011.


What does the "up" mean, here. Thanks

  

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"up until" essentially means the same as "until". The word "up" just emphasises the idea of time progressing until a cutoff point. The sentence as a whole is quite poorly written, in my opinion.

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  • "up until" essentially means the same as "until".
  • The word "up" just emphasises the idea of time progressing until a cutoff point.
  • The sentence as a whole is quite poorly written, in my opinion.
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"up until" essentially means the same as "until". The word "up" just emphasises the idea of time progressing until a cutoff point.

The sentence as a whole is quite poorly written, in my opinion.

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