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English Grammar – By or Until?
By or Until? “I will be there by 5 pm” or “until 5 pm”? What is the difference? In this English lesson, I talk about these two time prepositions, giving many different examples to highlight their meaning. By the time you take the quiz on this grammar lesson, you will know when to use by and until.
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Emma, I find this lesson very useful, believe or not, I was going to ask you to do it, but you anticipated my intention.
I’d like to ask you something, and it has to do with quiz on this lesson.
Look at this example:
The weather report says it will rain _____________ Tuesday. After Tuesday, the rain will stop.
So, the correct answer was UNTIL, that’s ok, but if we say until tuesday, it means at 00:00, which is exactly midnight. So, if it rains until tuesday, the rain will stop on tuesday, and not after tuesday.
This really confuses me, so I need your help.
To simplify this a little bit, I’ll use the same example where I’m gonna use the preposition BY.
The weather report says it will rain BY Tuesday.
So, the rain will stop on tuesday at 00:00, or before, on monday which is previous day.
Or simply, when we say on tuesday, it means after tuesday, hence wednesday?
Hi Mark,
Thank you for your question. All this means is that the rain will stop sometime on Tuesday. For example, it can stop at 12:01 am, 9 am, 4 pm, etc.
Tell me if I’m wrong but, if I say:The weather report says it will rain BY Tuesday. It means that the rain will start Tuesday and probably will go on; we don’t know how many days.Instead if I say:The weather report says it will rain until Tuesday. There is bad weather before Tuesday but Wednesday it will be good. Am I right?
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Emma,I am S.M.Salman from Pakistan. I am an English Language teacher by profession.I want to bring to your notice that I really found your Lecture about By & Until interesting and fruitful.
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Hi, Emma. I have a question:
till and until, I can use anyone of them in any sentence.All your examples I can replace “till” allowance ” until” ,
for example, I listen this song” It’s not goodbye” there is a sentence ” till I see you again”, I can replace this sentence like this” until I see you again”. is this correct?, thank you Emma , wonderful lesson, great work,
and , is this example is correct
1- the Rebecca and Ronnie were the best teachers in the engvid until Emma, I mean , they were the best teachers and now , you are the number one ” the best”. thank you again Emma
Hi hudhayfah,
You are correct. You can replace till with until in any of your examples.
Emma, what’s the difference between RENT and HIRE? Thank You in advance.
Hire means contract someone to do something.
Rent means pay to use something you have to return.
Example:
1.My parents will hire an nurse to take care of my brother who is sick.
2.I am going to rent a DVD. (Remember that you have to return it to the person who rented you)
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Hire means contract someone to do something.
Rent means pay to use something you have to return.
Example:
1.My parents will hire an nurse to take care of my brother who is sick.
2.I am going to rent a DVD. (Remember that you have to return it to the person who rented it to you)
Hire means to contract someone to do something.
Rent means to pay to use something you have to return.
Example:
1.My parents will hire a nurse to take care of my brother who is sick.
2.I am going to rent a DVD. (Remember that you have to return it to the person who rented it to you)
Thank you Jeffer123, if that is the difference, I understand. I’ll do it something in return.
You’re not supposed to use an indefinite atricle AN before the words that begin with consonants. Not only letter is important, but also the voice. Here are some examples:
An apple, an orange, an hour etc.
A piece of paper, a book etc.
But, pay attention when using these:
Some advice, some information and so on.
I mistyped second sentence, I mean I’ll do something in return. . .
Ok, thank you for correcting my mistake.
Hello Emma! Great lesson but I have one question) Why do we use Future Simple but not Future Perfect in this sentence: ‘I will finish my homework by 4 pm.’?
Hi Yerlan,
You can use both the simple future and the future perfect with “by”.
eg)
1) I will finish my homework by 4 pm.
2) I will have finished my homework by 4 pm.
thank for making me clearly understand about by and until.
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hi its very useful thanks for lesson but what is mean this example? i go school by car. and what is mean by the way. good time
“By” has more than one meaning. In your first example, “by” means “using”.
eg) “I go to school by car” is the same as “I go to school using my car”.
“By the way” is an idiom used in conversation. It means incidently.
We use it to add information in a conversation or to start a new topic.
Thanks for your good and interesting lesson, Emma. I have a question: In this sentence we can use the boths forms of the preposition: My goal is to lose five pounds until/by May. Am I right in this?
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Hi Bruno,
The sentence using ‘until’ sounds strange. For this example we would use ‘by’. If you said you want to lose pounds until May, it sounds as though you plan to regain more weight after May. This is something most people don’t plan to do.
Alternatively, you can say I won’t lose five pounds until May. This means it will take you up to May to lose the weight.
Great! Didn’t even know about this subtlety. I could surely say “I need to return my movie until Februaty 12th” until you’ve taught this :) by the way, you are gorgeous!
it’s very useful.thanks a lot.by the way; can you make a lesson about the double letters in the words.I think It would be very useful.
The computer did the quiz for me what it this?
Dear Ms Emma,
I think the second example of “By” is the same as the example of “Until”.
Can i use “Until” for this example.
Thanks for your help.
Hi Tom,
Which example do you mean: question number two on the quiz or an example from the video? Please be more specific.
thank you
Interesting, but i am confused yet
Thank you. :)
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Quite an interesting lesson. Thank you!
But I’ve got a question about expressions with “by the time”. As you said, we should say: The subway was closed by the time I left work.
Can I use Past Perfect here (the subway had been closed)? What is the difference?
Hi Danon,
Excellent question! Although in literature and everyday conversations, people often use both the simple past and the past perfect with by the way, grammar books will suggest to use it with the past perfect.
eg) The subway had closed by the time I finished work.
However, it’s important to note that people often use them interchangeably.
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I recommend you watch this lesson by Ronny http://www.engvid.com/borrow-lend-rent-use-english-vocabulary/.
In this lesson She explain the meaning of rent.
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Was much import to me this lesson.Could you please tell me when I use TO and FROM?
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is it correct?
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I wanna know which is better:
Dose ur brother always do a lot of exercise OR Is ur brother…..??!
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Dear Emma
Thank you very much. When I was at school I asked my english teacher what the difference between until and till is and she said to me “you have to discover by yourself” so I have been confused for a long time. I was scared of making mistakes all the time. Nobody could explain it as clear as you did..WONDERFUL.
Hi Emma , Thank you for this wonderful lesson.
The thief was gone by the time I called the police ( you wrote on the board ) i think it should be The thief had gone ….right ?
Hey, first of all, thanks for making the video. I’ve got a question, what’s the difference in this case between by and at? I’ll use the same example you used. So could I say I will finish my work at 4pm instead of saying I will finish my work by 4pm? what’s the difference? Are both alright, or at is wrong? I hope you can asnwer my question and thanks again for the video
Hi Martin,
Both sentences are correct, but they mean different things. Remember, “by” means both before and at 4 pm. If you use “at”, you are not talking about before 4 pm. It means you will finish your work exactly at 4 pm.
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can i say “i will finish my homework at 4 pm” or i should use by.
Hi emanahmed,
“I will finish my homework by 4 pm” means you finish it before 4 pm or at 4 pm, but no later. If you will finish earlier than 4 pm, use “by”.
If you will finish exactly at 4 pm, use “at”.
If you will finish close to 4 pm (for example, 4:03 pm or 3:55 pm) you can also use “I will finish around 4 pm.”
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Thanks a lot for this educative & wonderful lesson.By the way,I have a question.Why we say,”The teacher gives the class and the students take the class?”What is the difference?I mean why can’t we say that the teacher takes the class?
It’s not related to our lesson! @@
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hey Enis,
I think The thief was gone and The thief had gone are the same. Have you ever listened to the song “when you’re gone” by Avril Lavinge? Try it once.
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Hello madam Emma! the lesson was very informative and nicely delivered, one thing I noticed that u forgot to put the apostrophe and when you realized you put it on the wrong place. apostrophe’s right place was before “s” whereas you placed it after “the letter.” Am I right????
You and Ms. Emma both can be right because Emma meant it was PARENTS (both Mom and Dad) so she put it after ‘S’ while you meant PARENT (either Mom or Dad) so you could put it before ‘S’. =] Hope it will help you!
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Dear Emma! It easy to notice that you CARE about your teacher’s mission. Many thanks for your sincerity. One point I would like to add. I think it would be easier to explain the difference between “until” and “by” by using key words, which are PROCESS for “until” and RESULT for “by”. Take care and say my warmest hello for all your wonderful colleagues!
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I’m from Algeria, have you been there before?
By the way I have a question: could you please make a video about the vocabulary used in the restaurant like: gratuity…
Thank you so much for you help.
Lounis
We have lessons on reading restaurant menus and ordering in a restaurant! Does that help?
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I got 90% marks, excellent !Your teaching method is superb, carry on the good work and teach grammar like this until we become master of grammar. Thank you very much.
Hi… Emma
I really enjoy this Class. You’re great.
But I have a different question which is not related to this topic.
I wanna be clear about the nouns.
Because sometimes people including me very confusing.
What I mean is, Look at this example:
The different between ‘teacher and teaching, player and playing, writer and writing and so on’.
Let say the words teaching, playing, and writing here are nouns.
Ex:
Speaker 1: Hey, did you go to study with teacher Thomas?
Speaker 2: No. I didn’t like his teaching.
Another one is:
Speaker 1: wow, look at that player, he can catch the ball calmly.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you’re right. I like his playing.
Can you explain that please?
If possible you can make a new video about that. This is very useful.
Sorry about my English written. I need to be improved.
Thank you very much
Look forward hearing from you soon.
Thomas
East Timor
Hi Thomas,
Your right. Some nouns end in ‘ing’. It is easy for students to confuse these nouns with the -ing form of the verb. Your examples were good. I can say I like his writing, I like your teaching. I like his dancing.
However in sports, we don’t usually say ‘I like his playing’. It’s too vague for sports. You could use a more specific word like ‘pitching’.
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Really great teaching. I’ve never been sure with until/til vs by/By the time. Now I am. Thank you so much Emma,
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Hi Emma! Your explanation was intelligible enough not to confuse the prepositions any more. but what about negative sentences? Are the rules the same? Can we use UNTIL in negatives? ‘I won’t be at the restaurant until 5′.Does it mean that I can not stay there till 5 o’clock? Thanks for the answer
Hi Jul,
Thank you for your question.
In negative sentences ‘until’ means something a little different. The easiest explanation for ‘until’ in a negative sentence is it means ‘before’.
eg) The two sentences below have the same meaning.
I won’t be there until 5 pm.
I won’t be there before 5 pm.
I won’t see you until Monday.
I won’t see you before Monday.
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Thank you
Well, the lesson is awesome! Can we differentiate by and until by considering action? I mean, until seems to be more related to actions taking place during time and by/by the time seems to be more related with specific moments. The idea of considering before is common to both, then I think that concept can be somewhat confussing to help deciding when to use one or another.
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hello maam, plz tell me the difference between till and until.. thnk u:)
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I didn’t know this meaning for ‘by’. But now I think I got it, thanks Emma.
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Hi Emma,
Could we say that mostly we can use until for the time which is past. And by mostly use for future.
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Dear Emma,
In the example No.1 in your traning Video for by vs until can we use by instead of until like:
1.I will stay at the party by midnight
please give us a bit information.
thanks.
Naqib
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how to improve my presentation as im skeptical for my presentations in the university.
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This is great.. thank you so much.
The way I understood your lesson,
Until has something to do with allowable or allotted time Where in By is more on a duty or a due due time, a responsibility and by the time is dealing with two actions happening at the same time… Correct me if I am wrong..
thanks a lot and more power Emma..
Thanks Emma….I want to thank jul also for puuting that question…it was very useful….
i’ve got the lesson, thanks Emma ;)
Hai Emma, Really a nice topic.I want to clarify my doubt Emma. ‘by” is normally used by us to teach the students about the future perfect.But after listening the video i must be very careful to handle the class. Is there any specific reason of using ‘by’ used in your video. Any how nice attempt.Keep going on with more such complicated topics.
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Emma that was nice..i got a question in formation of BY THE TIME..is there any format of forming a sentence using by the time..i mean the time of two verbs..before BY THE TIME and after BY THE TIME…eg. present tense + by the time + present tense…i hope u got what im asking..:-)
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i have a question: the exercise 1 on your video can use “by” and “until” like the last exercise?
Dear Emma
I have a question on until and till..
Sentence 1: We have pulled the report from our website. We don’t find any defaulters till date.
Sentence 2: We have pulled the report from our website. We don’t find any defaulters until date.
In the first sentence i am assuming that “till” refers “till today”..If so, what does that mean “until date”..And “until” also refers “till today”??
i think both sentences are correct
As Ms. Emma said both UNTIL and TILL are the same meanings but UNTIL is formal while TILL is informal. So if it’s on website, you should use UNTIL for formality
Thanks alot … this lesson is very helpful.
Hey, Emma, Thank you for Grammer Lesson. as far as I learnt, by 4 PM means not included at 4 PM..before 4 PM,, but until( till ) 4 PM are included at 4 PM and before 4 PM as well.. ??? What do you think ??
I think 4 pm should include if we say by 4 pm. Emma can clear this thing more clear
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Hi Emma,
I have a confusion. please check this ” until you are verify the date of birth which is listed on account I wont be able help you out.” or I should say ” until you are not verify the date of birth which is listed on account I wont be able help you out.
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Could you pleas make a lesson about the use of in or into.
when do we use each one of them? In which context?
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i want to know different between for and of,,,
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Hi Emma, you’re a great teacher! I have a question for you: in the sentence “It will rain until tuesday” can I also say “It will be raining until tuesday”?
Thank you Emma.
Hi Dear Emma. Please talk about difference between Future perfect and Future perfect continuous.
Thanks
About this issue I still have any questions.That´s not clear for me when I have to use “by” or “until” becuase I notice that, im my opinion, the use of these words also depend on the context, that is, the role is conditined to the context given.
Let me know your answer about my opinion
exelent leesson!!! when you are a spanish speaker those words are very hard to understand but you explained those words very well
I was confused until I took this information ,,,,,thanks a lot
hi Emma
thank you for a lessen , but i got question !!
what does ‘by’ mean at the end of sentense ?
ALL the best
billel
Hi Emma
thanks very much for this beneficial lesson i like your simple way of presentation. i’ve go question if possible what is the differenc between “by the time” and “as” as adverb of time?
best wishes to you
10 out of 10. thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot Emma
thx as usual :)
Thanks for your lesson!
thanks a lot.It’s very useful
Great video Emma!
Thank you very much! I’ve had some difficulty with this issue until now not anymore!
10/10 you are really a great teacher :)
Emma, you are very good.
The best part is the end when she shows a sentence in which the 2 are possible, but there is a difference in use.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK
good leson
Many thanks for your great teaching!!
i scored 10 out of 10.
thanks !
It seems like “by” is use in future sentences. right?
dear Emma
it is very helpful, thanks a lot, but i have an idea to overcome the confusing of the last example, which is, you can say (i will be in the restaurant until 8:00 pm), mean’s using (in) instead of (at), am I right ?
I like your lesson et thank so much
i very sorry teacher i can understand i have alittel confuse because why can use until and by both in the time
thanks emma…you’re a really good teacher …
hi,
can u pls. tell me which sentence is more correct
i won’t study until college has begun
i won’t study until college begins
Helpful lesson. Thanks
n!ce lesson
thanks a lot
i think i need more lesson from you mrs.emma.thank you for having this website!,take care!.
Thanks for this lesson EMMA
Hi Emma,
Thank you very much , it’s very good lesson .
i have never seen a teacher like u
i swear 2 god
u r the best teacher i’ve ever seen.
sense of humor
humbleness
god bless u
i will really pray 4 u
Thank you so much Miss Emma, I really appreciate what you do.
i like your way of teaching very much.please show a video about would have been thank you….
please show a video about will able to can able to should able to.how can we use able to?
Very nice teacher with good method of teaching.. i got 10 out of 10
I will have finished. my lunch by the the time you come back.
I will have finished my lunch before you come back.
Do the sentences above have the same meaning?
madam,I got 10/10.I am very happy.
Thanks.It was great
Hi Emma,
Hope you are doing well
I have a question, You said I will fnish my essay by february. İn this sentences, can we use untill? I think yes we can. Let me explain But I am not sure. Please correct me If I make a mistake.
If we use Untill in this sentencese, Maybe we have started to write our essay january. So we are allowed to continue up to february. Because the essay is written at during period of time.What you think? This sentences seems to like your the other sentences I can use my parents’ car until oclock
Could you please tell me this story…))))
Thanks
Mahmut
Revises my comment sorry.
Hi Emma,
Hope you are doing well
I have a question, You said I will fnish my essay by february. In this sentences, can we use untill? I think yes we can. Let me explain But I am not sure. Please correct me If I make a mistake.
If we use Untill in this sentencese, Maybe we have started to write our essay in january. So we are allowed to continue up to write our essay untill february. Because the essay is written at during period of time.What you think? This sentences seems to like your the other sentences I can use my parents’ car until oclock
Could you please tell me this story…))))
Thanks
Mahmut
HI MY TEACHER. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ” UNTIL”. IN ARABIC WE HAVE THE SAME MEANING LIKE ” UNTIL” WHICH IS ” HATA” – HATA- IS THE PRONUNCIATION IN ARABIC. WE SAY IN ARABIC ” I ATE THE FISH UNTIL ITS HEAD” WHICH MEANS – I ATE THE FISH UNTIL ITS HEAD AND STOPPED – I DID NOT EAT THE HEAD OF THE FISH….JUST THE BODY AND THE TAIL……BUT IT HAS ANOTHER MEANING WHICH IS” I ATE THE FISH EVEN ITS HEAD …THAT IS TO SAY I ATE THE FISH WITH ITS HEAD……I MEAN ALL THE FISH- THE TAIL , THE BODY AND THE HEAD. MY QUESTION IS ” IS THEIR A MEANING IN ENGLISH JUST LIKE THE ARABIC MEANING?”. THANKS AND BLESS YOU.
BLESS YOU REALLY. I LIKE YOUR SMILE AND YOUR WAY OF TEACHING.
Hi Emma,
Thank you very much for the lesson, from today I have some confidence in using these prepositions
At the first question in your video (not the quiz): why can’t it be both? Following your explanation “I will stay at the party by midnight.” sounds correct. If it isn’t, why not?
Hi My Teacher Emma
Firstly,I couldn’t understand the difference between by and until.Then I watched your video.And I began to understand it.I am so thankful for you.
thank you. i like the way you explain rules to us.
Please give us a new lesson ,house or home?
thank you emma >> you are the best teacher :D
i got 9 out of 10 :(
but i hope get 10 out of 10 at the next time :)
i got 10/10 that’s great :) thanks EngVid
I like this site. it is already useful.
Thanks miss Emma
I will watch all your videos until I could remember them by heart. Thanks
Dear Emma could you explain please the difference beetwen be and stay? I mean which one is more commonly used? can I say “I will be at the party by/until midnigth”?
could We have a lesson: before vs until. Thanks.
This is my lucky day. I’ve got it all the correct answers. thanks I’m learning a lot, this kind of lessons I ever took. thanks! Emma more lessons.. From:Nick
Thank you emma….it is really helpful…i got 10/10…
Thank you so much and this video can helpful for me.
Many thanks Emma, you’re a very nice person ! You speak very clearly and the fact you explain with some examples is of a great help ! I was able to score 10/10 at the test !
You are a gifted teacher. Thank you so much.
hi emma. i’m learning English. Do you know that your voice extremely beautiful? thanks for your lesson! :D
thank you Emma,thanks a looot
wow, 10 correct out of 10!!! tanks Emnma
thanks but i need most of grammar
hello what is different between when and while in use
Thank you Emma, it is very helpful to me.
Hi Emma
i got 9/10 in quiz.this lesson was really nice for me and i did learn a lot of things.
And one more thing i wanted to say, you are looking damn beautiful in this video.
Hi Emma, I got 10 correct out of 10.:D
Can you give me some quiz at Email; ngotuyenbds@gmail.com, thanks you so much
You can also use “not until” like ;
It was “not until” less than 200 years ago that women were able to vote . Ditto , “It was until less than 200 years ago that women weren’t able to vote” those have same meanings , meanwhile nice lesson :)
Hi Emma, great class.
I have a question. In the exercises at the end, why I can’t use “by” in the first case as in the fourth?
What about is I am really bored at the party and I leave at 8:00 if I have the opportunity.
I mean something like “I will go to the party but I don’t like that kind of places so, I will stay there but midnight is my limit”.
BTW, ideas for new classes: (Sort of/Kind of) and (Like / as). xD
Thank you very much.
Thanks! We already have a lesson on sort of/kind of, but I will put “like/as” on the list!
Thank you!
thank you these lessonce very useful and nice.
Thank you Emma. This lesson helps me understand the timing of using the two prepositions :)
Would you also teach how to use “of” properly? This has already confused me for a long time.
Hi emma thank you for your lesson by way i am confused about using preposition (on,by, with) like this exemple:
we don’t need a car,we’ll go …. foot
which preposition should i put in
thank you Emma for the wonderful lesson and explain..
and I thank my friend because he taught me this site.
Have a nice day! Thanks for teaching.
It was great lesson but Emma, can you please explain difference between until and till.
Thank you Emma for your help.
amazing lesson teacher. Thanks a lot.
thanks,teacher!
I love the way you teach it’s easy to understand and your expression so cool all ways smile, that’s make your charming . Thanks Emma.
Dear EMMA , very useful for me Thanyou
emma thanks so much
Very useful and well explained. I like your examples very much.
i like this web site. thank you wery much….
Thanks,
thanks a lot emma for ur information but we have a stupid teacher in grammer lol
I appreciate your teaching like that. You are a great teacher.
hi,
i understand the use of by and until,, i have got 100 percent of test result.
thanks teacher,
Thanks for the lesson Emma. Now I can use “By” and “Until” a bit confidently.
Dear Emma
You are really great!!!
Thanks for guiding the humanity at large!
I love your style, your discourse and you above every thing.
Ema,you are great teacher thanks you very much.
that is tip to by a idea is arrive and to until is stay with “will be”
Thank you so much Emma,
tnx
i didn’t know all of these
It is excellent……
I would like to study more English grammar from your website.if you don’t mind can you send some tips to my mail? Definitely I will watch all losses which you have added here…..thanks a lots…
Hi Emma
You r so nice
Until and by was so confusing for me before.
But not now.
Hi, Emma, somebody asked you a question about rain will stop.His question is not available. because nature, which you cannot say accurate, when will rain stop or start.therefor you can use both . is it correct or fail . I have also doubt.
Hi Emma
This lesson is really wonderful , if could give us a lesson on ‘won’t & doesn’t would be great.
Thanks,
Srini
thanks Emma
To my dear prety Emma,
You are very better english teacher I never known. Your lesson is very instersing. But, also, you explain very well. You have sweet voice. I’m very happy to found yoyr course. Great thanks to you.
Kodjo
Hi teacher
I wanna ask you about “until” we can’t use it with future perfect right? ,but we can use it with the negative future perfect.
please help!
Wow!!! This was a useful class!!! I love English more than before with your clear lessons, Emma!!!
Thank u
Thanks Emma. I did it 100%
Hello~ Nice to meet you. I’m from Korea. Thank you for your great teaching~!!!
i like this lesson so much, thank you teacher.
thanks miss.emma, i really like your lesson
Hi,Thank you so much….
That was very useful….
Could you please help me, how to use IS and ARE.
Question: minute 7, ‘By the summer’ means by the end of summer or before summer? She said before summer but I heard it means by the end of summer! (Actually this is a question regarding the same sentence written on canadian Immigration website: “These files will be finalized by summer 2013″, and somewhere else says: “These files will be finalized by the END of summer 2013″. These two sentences refer to the same files!!!
Yeah！I got 8 correct out of 10，I have progressed，Thank you for Emma
Which sentence is correct?
I need 3 Cars tonight by 6:45pm
or
I need 3 Cars by 6:45pm tonight
wow; I got 10/10
hi Emma, I got a question. As you were teaching by the time at the second sentence you used ‘the thief WAS GONE … ‘ Is ıt right or..? and by the way thank you so much. you’re such a great teacher.
Hello Ma’am,
I have a question which confuses me since long time, it is exactly about the “by” and “until”. Example: I will arrive at the party _____ 9 p.m
If I use in the space “by” as you said means that I’ll arrive at the party either before 9 p.m or exact on 9 p.m. so, what if I use “until”, could I use “until” instead of “by”? Thank you.
Thanks!! good lesson!
mam i love you,,,,…you are mine favourite teacher….
Ow! I have not known the difference before. I think it is a very useful lesson, moreover the quiz is as handy as the lesson. Thx teacher Emma.
Thank u Emma for your wonderful lesson
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ｐｌｅｓｅ ａｎｓｅｒ ｍｅ ｓｍｏｅ ｏｆ ｍｙ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ．
HI,I like a lot your lessons, you are my favorite teacher, you explain very good.
thanks EMMA – good lesson
Thanks Emma! I got 10/10.
that s so great,these teachers are so awesome
Great Lesson and great teaching. Keep it going Emma! Thanks!
Hi Emma.
I’m a receptionist. The check out time in our Hotel is 12p.m. So could you please tell me how should I tell to our clients: you should leave your room until 12p.m or you should leave your room by 12p.m? Thanks
thanks Emma… could you explain the differences between “by and for” to me?
hi miss.. -we had to stay in the exam room until the end of the exam-… that is one of your example, is that really correct sentence? you used had in the situation, then the verb is present tense “stay”… i think it should be “stayed”… am i right?
Hi Teacher Emma. Thanks for your lesson.
How to use ” by + gerund” ? It always makes me confused. Could you please inform me about that?
Thank you so much, teacher. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you Emma. Always 10 points for you!!
Thanks Emma. But this lesson was difficult for me.