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Poll: Until & Till

Until & Till

Not till I saw the news did I find out what had happened.
Not until I saw the news did I find out what had happened.
Either could be used.

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 478
  • Comments: 6
  • Added: July 2005

Comments:

MrTrilby

Till and until are synonyms. As long as the writer is consistent it doesn't matter.

MrStetson

They are normally synonyms, but 'not till...' is something I wouldn't use.

harry

mine is right

rafai abdelkarim

I found all your exercises interesting. Thanks so much

akshay a saralay

that was indeed a tricky question.. pls do give many such question

Atef Mekdad

'Until' is formal and 'till' is informal , and inversion is mostly used in writing which is formal, so 'until' should be used

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