Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The difference between "up until" and "until"

I saw a sentence with the "up until."

I wonder if it is completely same as "until."
There might be subtle difference. I wonder what it is.

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3 comments:

  1. AVINASH INARKAR12:21 AM

    sand seriously tel you, that you are most committed person, who sincerely do there work as professionally. Heads Off to you. and about me i start my work with energy but later got an lazy.. hahaha for me u r an inspiration

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  2. Anonymous5:03 PM

    Was "up" part of a phrasal verb such as "stay up" or "let up"?

    "Let's stay up until midnight" would have a different meaning than "Let's stay until midnight."

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  3. sand10:24 PM

    Thank you for positing the comment.

    It's not part of a phrasal verb.

    For example;

    Up until just a short while ago, Japan was said to be the safest country in the world.

    Up until 1977, the United States led the world in the development of fast-breeder reactors.

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