Timeline for Does "Until when" sound natural for native speakers?
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| Dec 21, 2021 at 2:44 | comment | added | Tae-Bbong-E | Hi @J.R. Yes, what you said is what I wanted to point out. Plus, technically speaking, the sentence I provided is originally from this post of Yazdan Samiei Poor. :-) By the way thanks for your kindly teaching me! | |
| Dec 19, 2021 at 11:30 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | @Tae-Bbong-E - That sounds too wordy to me. I might ask, "How much time do I have to finish this project?" or "When do I need to finish this project?" but I would not combine those two to construct a sentence like the one you provided. | |
| Dec 16, 2021 at 11:38 | comment | added | Tae-Bbong-E |
Hi, by the way, is it the right sentence in a questioner's posting? For example, we say: Until when do I have time to finish this project?. I cannot understand why the word of 'time' is placed between 'I have' and 'to finish~'.
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| Mar 11, 2019 at 17:46 | comment | added | G. Ann - SonarSource Team | I think "When is this due?" is being overlooked as a concise alternative. | |
| Mar 11, 2019 at 9:32 | history | edited | J.R.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2019 at 12:54 | comment | added | ColleenV | Another way of asking the question would be "How long do I have to finish the project?" and I would expect a time period, like "2 weeks". If I ask "I have until when..." I would expect a date or day, like "March 26th" | |
| Mar 10, 2019 at 11:09 | history | answered | J.R.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |