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Until vs Thru - What's the difference?

until | thru |

As prepositions the difference between until and thru

is that until is up to the time of (something happening) while thru is .

As a conjunction until

is up to the time that (a condition becomes true).

until

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • Up to the time of (something happening).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
  • Before (a time).
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
  • (obsolete) To; physically towards.
  • * Spenser
  • He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until .

    Usage notes

    It is typically assumed that circumstances have changed or could change at the referenced time. For instance, “All has gone well until now” implies that the current situation may not be so good.

    Synonyms

    * 'til (nonstandard), till, up to

    Antonyms

    * since

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
  • *
  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
  • Before (a condition becoming true).
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  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  • Synonyms

    * 'til (nonstandard ), till

    Statistics

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    thru

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date= , year=1996 , month=December , first=Joe , last=Hastreiter , author= , coauthors= , title=Sludge Management Savings Found Among Reeds , volume=143 , issue=12 , page=23 , magazine=Water Engineering & Management , publisher=Scranton Gillette Communications , issn= , url= , passage=We wanted an overall treatment system that gave us optimum reliability and required a minimum of labor to operate - from primary clarifier thru sludge handling, …}}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date=Fall , year=2003 , month= , first=Hasson , last=Kevin J. , author= , coauthors= , title=Religious Liberty and Human Dignity: A Tale of Two Declarations , volume=27 , issue=1 , page=81-92 , magazine=Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy , publisher=Harvard , issn= , url= , passage=… to respect human rights, then failing to explicitly define thru common understanding.}}
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  • , date=Winter , year=2004 , month=December 22, , first= , last= , author= , coauthors=Fredericks, Marcel / Odiet, Jeff A. / Miller, Steven I. / Fredericks, Janet , title=Toward an Understanding of "Genetic Sociology" and Its Relationships to Medical Sociology and Medical Genetics in the Educational Enterprise. , volume=125 , issue=2 , page=222-235 , magazine=Education , publisher=Project Innovation, Inc. , issn=0013-1172 , url= , passage=As the technology improves, there is a possibility to reprogram adult stem cells for therapeutic cloning without "passing it thru " the preimplantation embryo, thus negating current ethical challenges to such research.}}
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  • , date=Winter , year=2006 , month=December, , first=Roxanne , last=Mills , author= , coauthors= , title=Leadership in Higher Education and the Second Half of Life , volume=127 , issue=2 , page=294-302 , magazine=Education , publisher=Project Innovation, Inc. , issn=0013-1172 , url= , passage=Going thru a great crisis of self-analysis, especially in relation to job, school, work, students. }}
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  • , date=Winter , year=2010 , month=January, , first=David , last=Martinez , author= , coauthors= , title=Pulling Down the Clouds: The O'odham Intellectual Tradition during the "Time of Famine" , volume=34 , issue=1 , page=1-32 , magazine=American Indian Quarterly , publisher=University of Nebraska Press , issn=0095-182X , url= , passage=Myths and Legends of the Pimas of Arizona as received by J. William Lloyd from Comalk-Hawk-Kih (Thin Buckskin) thru the interpretation of Edward Hubert Wood. }}
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2011 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Fancine N. D'Aprile , title=From Hell on Earth to the Foot of the Cross , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Trafford Publishing , isbn=9781426966132 , page=157 , passage=If you see thru' my eyes, you'd wish you weren't here, because all you will feel sadness and fear. It loneliness and sorrow if you see '''thru''' my eyes sit and talk to before you say goodbye. See ' thru my eyes and a tear you will see, I wish you could cry and cry with me. }}
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  • (UK, rare, regional, or, dialectal)
  • Usage notes

    * Thru'' is mostly used where the preposition ''through'' could be used (e.g. ''Monday thru''' Friday''); it is less common as an adjective or adverb (''I'm '''thru with the vacuuming ). It is less used in formal situations, except in cases where brevity is wanted such as roadway signs or date ranges. * This spelling is not used in standard British English, though it can be found as an abbreviation – similar to thro' – and is recently becoming noticeable due to use by American-based companies. It may also be used as an eye dialect spelling in some regions. ** Through'' is rarely used in any spelling to indicate ranges in British English; '' are used instead. * Thru'' is often used, in both American and British English, in professional drafting (''5/8? thru hole ) to save space and simplify annotation on a drawing for fabrication or construction.

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