|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Ask for help > Wait for tomorrow / Wait until tomorrow - What īs the difference?
Wait for tomorrow / Wait until tomorrow - What īs the difference?
|
Akanah
|
Wait for tomorrow / Wait until tomorrow - What īs the difference?
|
|
Hi! Hope you can help me with this. I īve just commented on an ws and wrote: "...counldn īt wait for tomorrow...". I did it without thinking and now I wonder, what īs the difference between "wait for tomorrow" and "wait until tomorrow"? No difference is mentioned in wordreference.com... Don īt they express the same idea? Thanks, Olga |
30 May 2010
|
|
|
|
juliag
|
|
Hi Olga
Well, in my mind at least "wait for tomorrow" is used in the way that you have used it to express anticipation of something pleasurable, whereas can īt wait until tomorrow sounds like tomorrow is not good enough, that you need whatever it is sooner. For example, a boss might tell his secretary that he can īt wait until tomorrow for the report and so on.
Hope it helps
Bye
Julia |
30 May 2010
|
|
|
Akanah
|
|
That was fast! Thanks Julia :=) Have a great week. Olga |
30 May 2010
|
|
|
