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Alex+ Posted 18 years ago
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works till

0 "Do you know what time the restaurant works till?"02br
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00I asked this question to the receptionist in a hotel but he didn't understand me. Is this sentence not correct?0-
  

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"12br 12br 10I asked this question to the receptionist in a hotel but he didn't understand me. 02br 00When does the reastaurant close? 0-

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01cite10Alex+12cite10"Do you know what time the restaurant works till?"12br
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10I asked this question to the receptionist in a hotel but he didn't understand me. Is this sentence not correct?12br
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10I'm not sure but maybe you can put it this way:02br
00Do you know
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0 A 01b00restaurant02b00 doesn't 01b00work02b00. You can ask for the 01b00opening hours02b00. 0-
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0The most common ways to ask this question would be:02br
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00What time does the restaurant close?02br
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00When does the restuarant close?02br
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00How late is the restaurant open?0-
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0 Is it correct to ask a person "What time do you work till?" 0-
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0It's grammatically possible, but it's a bit weird on the ear. 05002br
00Some prepositions, especially those related to time, don't easily tolerate stranding.02br
01i00You work till what time?02i00 becomes 01i00Till what time do you work?02i00 (not stranding the preposition at the end)02br
00Or, with stranding: 0
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0 Thank you for you reply. 02br
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00One more question. Is it correct to say:02br
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001. When do you finish your work?02br
002. When do you finish working?0-
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0It's not incorrect, but it's imprecise.02br
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00If I'm working on a major project, the answer to the first question may be "three weeks should do it" and my answer to the second could be "probably when I'm about 65."02br
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01i00What time 02i00asks a more precise question than 01i00when02i00.0-
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01cite10Alex+12cite10One more question. Is it correct to say:12br
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101. When do you finish your work?12br
102. When do you finish working?12blockquote
10You might add today to make these more precise. (I'm assuming this is concept you're going for.) These two are the most common w
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0 I see nothing wrong with asking02br
00What time is the restaurant open till?02br
00What time do you work till?0-
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At what time do start working today? How do you said this correctly

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