til he died????

[Datroot]

Datroot, I should have addressed the link to poster "mjssoulmate" instead of yourself. Sorry. I read that post as if it had come from you. :roll:

Thanks, I was wondering for a moment because I had agreed with you.

[mjjveritas]

Datroot, Thanks, I know, sometimes I'm a daft bat. I'm going to go off and till the land but 'til then I'll do some more hoaxing.  

[simplyme]

Datroot, Thank you. I am posting a link which shows that "till" and 'til are two different words. "Till" is not derived from "until" but "until" is derived from "till". You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Jeepers you all - so much ado - and I'm going to chime in too.  "til" can be used with or without the '  same for till.  In the sense they used the word till [cause there's more than one meaning] they didn't due any huge grammar error.  It might not be as old school as we like it, but it's acceptable.  If you have a big enough dictionary it will be in there as a variant of till [with and without the '] and until.

[somekindofsign]

It doesn´t come at the HUGE COLLINS Spanish-English at least.

[mjjveritas]

simplyme, Here is a link re "until" and "till". The debate rages on.   You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Maybe it's the difference between English, the Queen's English and American English?

[Sternschen87]

I think we can close this post now.

I am not a english native speaker but I learned at school: till

It was just kind of strang TII vs. Til

[somekindofsign]

Maybe it's the difference between English, the Queen's English and American English?

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  Good Point.

[mjjveritas]

Sternschen87, Was that at agricultural college?  :lol:
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Royal Agricultural College - Welcome To The RAC WebsiteThe oldest agricultural college in the English speaking world.  

[Sternschen87]

Sternschen87, Was that at agricultural college?  :lol:
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Royal Agricultural College - Welcome To The RAC WebsiteThe oldest agricultural college in the English speaking world.  

Are you trying to be funny? Unfortunately I am not a native english speaker... like I already said. If you can read?!?!
And I am here to investigate this hoax and not to read such stupid comments....

[mjjveritas]

I hope you're not living up to the stereotype of being humorless. I realize from your admission in your ealier post that you're not a native English speaker. Of course I can read and understand my own language. Is it not apparent? Well all I can say is that your school is misinformed. You are at liberty to not read my "stupid" comments. I don't think it is your decision to close the thread. The smilies are included to indicate the tone of my post.  

[Datroot]

Are we still arguing this point?  Goodness I though this had been settled days ago.  'til is the abreviation for until, at least in England it is.

[mjjveritas]

Datroot, Yes we are still banging on about this. Thank you for your support. I'm sure we both went to school when English was taught properly. There used to be emphasis on grammar and spelling unlike nowadays. I know, by no means am I perfect, but I do try.

[Datroot]

Perhaps we are the only two who can write English properly (lol). Not to be insulting to our friends from across the seas, some of whom speak and write wonderful English.  I just get a bit annoyed when I'm told I'm grammatically wrong when I'm not. :mrgreen:

[mjjveritas]

Datroot, I'm glad I'm not the only one battling away. It's perhaps a generational thing or "two nations divided by a common language". But right is right. Language does change and evolve and that's maybe what we are seeing here. I do have respect for non native English speakers and think it's great that everyone participates on the one forum.

[Sternschen87]

I thought it was till... that'S how I remember it from school.
With "I think we can close the post now", I understood that I was wrong