AS FAR AS, UNTIL, UP TO

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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.

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