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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Which one is proper?

Which of these two pieces of a sentence is correct?

wait until the last moment

OR

wait to the last moment

Can anyone help?
  

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the first one is more natural: to wait until the last moment. EG "they waited until the last moment before saying goodbye". "

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  • the first one is more natural: to wait until the last moment.
  • EG "they waited until the last moment before saying goodbye".
  • "
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the first one is more natural: to wait until the last moment. EG "they waited until the last moment before saying goodbye".

Maybe your confusion is because people shorten the word like this:

"Wait 'till the last moment"

This can sound like "wait to..."
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I'd suggest using only the first one.
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