Timeline for Is 'not until' correct here?
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| Jan 25, 2022 at 19:12 | history | edited | gotube♦ |
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| Jan 25, 2022 at 18:16 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | You've already included the "negating" element in preceding didn't. Note that Not until recently isn't really a "sentence" - it's just a sequence of words qualifying what came before. The entire utterance would be more traditionally "grammatical" as just He didn't really, until recently (where that second adverbial element could just as well be moved to the front, rather than after the primary assertion He didn't with the first adverbial element really). The implication of that is you should think of until recently as a "component", not not until. | |
| Jan 25, 2022 at 17:04 | answer | added | Jasmin Garcia | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 25, 2022 at 16:22 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Well, you are right - it is correct. | |
| Jan 25, 2022 at 16:00 | comment | added | Bobobobobo11 | Have Googled it but couldn't find any completely similar examples. That's why I asked the question, even though I am/was pretty sure that it's correct. | |
| Jan 25, 2022 at 15:04 | comment | added | Lambie | Try googling it: not until recently | |
| Jan 25, 2022 at 14:57 | history | asked | Bobobobobo11 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |