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How do you abbreviate 'until'?

'til65%65% - 36
'till7%7% - 4
till27%27% - 15
Total: 55
liquidat0r
wtf.
+2,223|6598|UK
It seems that people do all three. Though I can't see that 'till is correct.

I won't be back 'til later
It was fine 'till I lost my way in the woods
The party is from 8 till late
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Both 'til and till are correct. Though till is an older expression and therefore 'most' correct.

The status of ’til versus until and till is often argued about and most style guides have something to say on the matter.

The most common belief is that till is a shortened form of until. You can see how this could have grown up, but the truth of the matter is that till is by far the older word, being recorded from about the year 800, while it took another 400 years for until to appear in the language (it’s a compound of till with the archaic Old Norse und, as far as, which also survives in the archaic unto). But the first sense of till was to, as it still can be, for example, in Scots and some dialects. Though the modern sense of till in standard English is always connected with time, this only appeared about 1300.

The current position is that until is the more common of the two words and is generally considered to be slightly more formal, which is why it turns up more often in edited prose. It is also rather more likely to appear at the beginning of a sentence than is till. But till is perfectly good English and the choice of whether to use it or until is often decided by the rhythm of the sentence.

Your father’s version, ’til, has been created within the past century by people who believe that till is an abbreviation of until and want to mark it as such. It has often been said by style guides and dictionaries that it’s a mistake and it arouses passion in some people. Most recent writers on language prefer to describe it as an informal version of until — it often turns up in newspapers, advertising and song lyrics, for example, and in informal set phrases like “shop ’til you drop”, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over” or “ ’Til we meet again”. But to use the spelling til without the preceding apostrophe is still regarded as wrong.

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kylef
Gone
+1,352|6464|N. Ireland
Personally, I use 'til.
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6490|Adelaide, South Australia

I use 'em all
Simon
basically
+838|6629|UK
I don't abbreviate 'until'
Titch2349
iz me!
+358|6323|uk

i can't remember the last time i wrote... until

[until then!]

[and then!]
brickZ28
Master of Puppets
+15|6708|IL
till   

–verb (used with object)
1.    to labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops; cultivate.
2.    to plow.
–verb (used without object)
3.    to cultivate the soil.
SamTheMan:D
Banned
+856|5945|England

til
Lieutenant_Jensen
Your cops are corrupt.
+200|6362|fåking denmark
'till.
Varegg
Support fanatic :-)
+2,206|6781|Nårvei

Simon wrote:

I don't abbreviate 'until'
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ATG
Banned
+5,233|6500|Global Command
'til.
eusgen
Nugget
+402|6763|Jupiter
I just add the two extra letters "un" and write until, lulz
kptk92
u
+972|6379|tc_london
'til FTW

Although in Real Life Mode I say 'until', coz its the normal way of saying it
Kurazoo
Pheasant Plucker
+440|6655|West Yorkshire, U.K
You must be bored!

till (like cash till)
maef
Member
+67|6654|Tulln, Austria
Admit it, you just wanted to show off your mad bbcode skills with that spoiler tag.
Brasso
member
+1,549|6601

I use 'til and till, till most.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
mr.widdim
The Second Apostle Of Chuy
+78|6676|Flaming_Maniac = pwnd.

"unt"
killer21
Because f*ck you that's why.
+400|6561|Reisterstown, MD

'till

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