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Old 02/09/2012, 11:12 am   #54
thesporkman
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Originally Posted by Johro View Post
Thank you,
...but apparently it's both now. Sometimes, I hate this world.
Oh, yeah. Now it's both. It's always been both! It says right there in the dictionary entry you just posted: "First known use: before 12th century." Till used as a preposition/conjunction dates back to Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse, possibly even earlier. Until is a more recent formation. It only dates to the 13th century, to Middle English. It's a compound preposition/conjunction, formed from un (meaning "up to," cognate to the Old Norse unz, and the Old High German unt) and the older till.

Why would you post a link to a dictionary entry to prove a point, and then not read it and discover that it contradicts your point?

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