ASFARAS UNTILUPTO
INDICATINGLIMITSorBOUNDARIES
ASFARAS
usedtodescribephysicaldistancesorlimits
Wewalkedasfarasthelake.
Icanseeasfarasthemountainsfromhere. usedtoindicatethelimitofsomethingina morefigurativesense,suchasknowledge, understanding,orability.
Hisparentssupportedhimasfarastheycould.
AsfarasIknow,heisstilllivinginParis.
There'sbeennochange,asfarasIcantell. usedtotalkabouthowmuchprogresshasbeenmadeindoingor achievingsomething.
Ireadasfarasthethirdchapter.
We'vegotasfarasplanning,buthaven'ttakenactionyet.
UNTIL
alsotillor'til(informal)-Itisusedtoindicatethepointin timeuptowhichsomethinghappensorcontinues.
Weplayedchessuntilmidnight.
Thefilmdidn’tendtilleleveno’clock. Weusefromwithuntilortilltotalkaboutwhensomething beginsandwhenitends:
Iworkedoutatthegymfrom6pmtill7.30pm.
COMMONMISTAKES
Wedon’tuseuntiltotalkaboutdistance.Weuseasfaras:
LarrydrovemeasfarastheshopandIwalkedtherestofthewayhome. Not:Larrydrovemeuntiltheshop…
Wedon’tuseuntiltotalkaboutquantityornumbers.Weuseupto:
Thetaxicantakeuptofivepeople.Not:Thetaxicantakeuntilfivepeople.
UPTO
(alsoupuntilsomething)-usedbothtospecifyalimitorrange withquantities,andtoindicatetheendpointofarangeorlimitin space,timeorlevel.
Readuptopage100./Uptonowhe'sbeenveryquiet.
Thesnowwaspileduptotheroof.
Therestaurantservesbreakfastupto10am.
Wecanteachdancersuptointermediatelevelhere.