It's strange how words that you have used without thinking too much about them in the past,
suddenly raise doubts, although you have used them often enough.
'TILL' - as in - 'and worked each night till late' - is such a word, and quite legitimate according to my Oxford Dictionary.
It often seems a much better word in some circumstances than 'TO'.
It doesn't take much to amuse an idle mind, does it?
Terry
One for David - perhaps?
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Re: One for David - perhaps?
Can't see a problem, Terry. In your example I'd always use "till". Or "I worked until late."
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Re: One for David - perhaps?
Hi David
The query came about because of a poem written a bit different than usual, where TILL crops up a couple of times.
I've used it often enough over the years without a second thought; it was just seeing it twice in the same poem that got me thinking.
And with the forum so quiet of late, I though I may as well ask the question, if only to try and stir up a bit of a discussion.
Regards and thanks
Terry
The query came about because of a poem written a bit different than usual, where TILL crops up a couple of times.
I've used it often enough over the years without a second thought; it was just seeing it twice in the same poem that got me thinking.
And with the forum so quiet of late, I though I may as well ask the question, if only to try and stir up a bit of a discussion.
Regards and thanks
Terry
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Re: One for David - perhaps?
You will be a bloody stirrer till you die Terry
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Re: One for David - perhaps?
I see you've pinched my pet Word Bob
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