till

[Lynn C. Hattendorf Westney]

Sorry for the confusion. What I meant to say is that UNTIL is proper in
formal communication. All the other "til's, till's, etc." are
slang/informal.  Forgive me.  Lynn.


On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Douglas Bigham wrote:

> In a message dated 10/1/01 1:28:19 PM Central Daylight Time,
> flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU writes:
>
> > Except that in telling time in the South Midland, no one would say "a
> >  quarter until eight"!  Nor would most people say "quarter to 8" or "quarter
> >  of 8."  So the only option is "till," and I'm sticking to it!
>
>
> I still can't decide if I'm saying "quater to" or "quarter til(l)".  All I
> get is "quarter t' "!
>
> -dsb
> Douglas S. Bigham
> Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
>