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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
What's the different between 'until' and 'up to'?
There's one of my excercises:
It wasn't until/up to 1983 that Nigel could afford to take holidays abroad.
What's the correct answer????
It wasn't until/up to 1983 that Nigel could afford to take holidays abroad.
What's the correct answer????
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It wasn't until 1983 that Nigel... BillJ
- It wasn't until 1983 that Nigel...
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thita_viphoWhy??? I cant see any differents between them.There is a difference - we use 'until' here in the sense of 'before', especially in negative clauses, whereas we use 'up to' to mean an action that was taking place up to a particular point. Think of the sentence as meaning 'from 1983, and not before, Nigel could afford holidays abroad'.
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AnonymousThere's one of my excercises: It wasn't until/up to 1983 that Nigel could afford to take holidays abroad.What's the correct answer??It wasn't until 1983 that N could afford...
Up to/until 1983 N couldn't afford....
The negation in wasn't requires 'until'.
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