Timeline for My final question about until / by
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| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:57 | history | edited | Alium Britt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
emphasizing the important points
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| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:55 | comment | added | A-friend | Ahah. Got it. Excellent. It was the point I needed here. thanks a zillion @AliumBritt. ;) | |
| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:51 | comment | added | Alium Britt | @A-friend - You are confusing "completing a test" with "taking a test". Completing is only the finish of the test, which should be a short amount of time. Taking the test can be very long and that can be used with "until". Think of it like crossing the finish line in a race. The race takes a long time but crossing the finish line does not. | |
| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:48 | comment | added | A-friend | I exactly know what you are getting at @AliunBritt. But "completing a test" can be a process like "giving a presentation". If you can help me to distinguish these two, I guess it can be very helpful step to finalize this problem. | |
| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:44 | history | edited | Alium Britt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Adding clarification for time period as asked in comments
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| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:41 | comment | added | Alium Britt | @A-friend - The meaning of "He is giving a presentation by 8pm" would be different. It means that at some point before or at 8pm this person will give a presentation, but not all the time in this period before 8pm. "Until 8pm" means the whole period before 8pm. This is why you can't say "This test must be completed until 8pm" because completing a test is a short action and doesn't make sense for it to happen over a long period of time the way "until" implies. | |
| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:35 | history | edited | Alium Britt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
elaborated on state and added period of time component
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| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:34 | comment | added | A-friend | Of course @AliumBritt. But I am sure "This test must be completed until 8 p.m." doesn't make any sense in English. Also "He is giving a presentation at the theater by 8 p.m." is not correct too. Right? | |
| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:30 | history | edited | Alium Britt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 10 characters in body
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| Apr 20, 2014 at 12:25 | history | answered | Alium Britt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |