"By" and "until" both seem to refer to the same thing โ a point up to which something lasts or when an action ends. Be careful, though: while similar, in English they are definitely not the same!ย
Grammar dilemmas: “until” or “by”?
Free ebook: โSquirrelโ by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Iโm happy to present another title in the Grammaticus Free Library series: โSquirrelโ by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. The PDF comes with vocabulary notes and a grammar exercise on non-standard, dialectal forms used by the author.
Grammar dilemmas: โin the beginningโ or โat the beginningโ?
A mistake I often hear in conversation classes has to do with the choice of preposition before the nouns 'beginning' and 'end'. Did something something happen โin the beginningโ or โat the beginningโ? And what happened โin the endโ? Or is it โat the endโ?
Confusing words: work vs job
One of the most frequent mistakes I hear from students has to do with the use of the words โworkโ and โjobโ. In this post, I'll explain their core meaning and try to make a clear distinction between them.ย
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