{"id":10153,"date":"2022-03-02T09:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T09:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=10153"},"modified":"2022-03-15T08:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T08:31:10","slug":"clear-your-doubts-between-by-and-until","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/clear-your-doubts-between-by-and-until\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear your doubts between BY and UNTIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By and Until (\u201cpor\u201d and \u201chasta\u201d) are not interchangeable in English. <\/strong>Although their meaning is similar, we use them differently. By &#8220;por&#8221; introduces a deadline, while &#8220;hasta&#8221; gives information on when an action ends or a period of time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 2rem; background: #F4F4F4;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #fff; background: #FF6868;\">\u00cdNDICE DE CONTENIDOS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#some\">Some examples of BY are<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#examples\">Some examples of UNTIL are:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#the\">The difference between &#8220;by&#8221; and &#8220;until&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#in\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Take a look at the examples below to learn<strong> more about when to use\u00a0by and when to use until\u00a0in English<\/strong>, then test your knowledge by practicing exercises.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"some\">Some examples of BY are<\/h2>\n<p>Please be home by 6:00 pm so we can eat dinner on time.\u201d\u2013 This means that the latest you should be home is 6:00 pm.\u00a0 This is a set deadline.<br \/>\nPor favor, llegue a casa a las 6:00 pm para que podamos cenar a tiempo. \u2013 Esto significa que lo m\u00e1s tarde que debe estar en casa es a las 6:00 pm. Este es un plazo establecido.<\/p>\n<p>Every day Sean must be at work by 8:30 am or he will miss the daily morning budget meeting.\u2013 Sean can get to work earlier, but he must not get to work after 8:30 am because that is when the daily meeting begins.<br \/>\nTodos los d\u00edas, Sean debe estar en el trabajo a las 8:30 am o se perder\u00e1 la reuni\u00f3n diaria de presupuesto de la ma\u00f1ana. \u2013 Sean puede ir a trabajar m\u00e1s temprano, pero no debe hacerlo despu\u00e9s de las 8:30 am porque es entonces cuando comienza la reuni\u00f3n diaria.<\/p>\n<p>I must hand in my essay on Hemingway by Friday. \u2013 I need to finish writing my essay and give it to the teacher on or before Friday. This is a set deadline. \u201cUntil\u201d is used to express how long a situation continues.<br \/>\nDebo entregar mi ensayo sobre Hemingway el viernes. \u2013 Necesito terminar de escribir mi ensayo y entreg\u00e1rselo al profesor el viernes o antes. Este es un plazo establecido. \u201cHasta\u201d se usa para expresar cu\u00e1nto tiempo contin\u00faa una situaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"examples\">Some examples of UNTIL are:<\/h2>\n<p>We have to stay at work until our boss comes back from the meeting. \u2013 This means that even if our boss returns after the workday should have ended, we must stay and wait for him.\u00a0 If our usual work hours are 9:00 am \u2013 5:00 pm, and he will return at 6:15 pm, we must stay in the office and wait for him.<br \/>\nTenemos que quedarnos en el trabajo hasta que nuestro jefe regrese de la reuni\u00f3n. \u2013 Esto significa que incluso si nuestro jefe regresa despu\u00e9s de que la jornada laboral deber\u00eda haber terminado, debemos quedarnos y esperarlo. Si nuestro horario habitual de trabajo es de 9:00 am a 5:00 pm, y \u00e9l regresar\u00e1 a las 6:15 pm, debemos quedarnos en la oficina y esperarlo.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=elblogdeidiom-21&amp;language=es_ES&amp;o=30&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;asins=8420451916&amp;linkId=c2354181748cf78d656daa75edb34cc6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Grandma said she will stay until it stops raining so she doesn\u2019t get her hair wet.\u2013 Grandma doesn\u2019t want to have wet hair, so she will stay wherever she is and wait for the rain to stop.\u00a0 She will not leave before that happens<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em>La abuela dijo que se quedar\u00e1 hasta que deje de llover para no mojarse el pelo. \u2013 La abuela no quiere tener el pelo mojado, as\u00ed que se quedar\u00e1 donde est\u00e9 y esperar\u00e1 a que cese la lluvia. Ella no se ir\u00e1 antes de que eso suceda.<\/p>\n<p>I will wait until they get here before I start cooking.\u2013 I will not start cooking before they get here, so after they arrive I will start cooking.<br \/>\nEsperar\u00e9 hasta que lleguen antes de empezar a cocinar. \u2013 No empezar\u00e9 a cocinar antes de que lleguen, as\u00ed que despu\u00e9s de que lleguen empezar\u00e9 a cocinar.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the\">The difference between &#8220;by&#8221; and &#8220;until&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Use &#8220;by&#8221; when referring to a deadline. &#8220;Until&#8221; means until a certain time.<\/p>\n<h3>Example:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We have until Friday to send out the documents.<br \/>\nTenemos hasta el viernes para enviar los documentos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You must use\u00a0&#8220;until&#8221; when referring to the <strong>period of time<\/strong> before a deadline. While <strong>&#8220;by&#8221;<\/strong> should be used to describe an action or an event that occurs at or before a<strong> particular moment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Example:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We expect to know the judgment by the end of November.<br \/>\nEsperamos conocer la sentencia a finales de noviembre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Until&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0is used to describe a state or situation in the period of time up to a particular moment.<\/p>\n<h3>Example:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The court proceedings are expected to last until November.<br \/>\nSe espera que los procedimientos judiciales duren hasta noviembre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can think of using &#8220;until&#8221; as\u00a0<strong>a reference to when a state or situation changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Example:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Comments on the draft may be submitted until 30 April 2012.<br \/>\nLos comentarios sobre el borrador pueden enviarse hasta el 30 de abril de 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"in\"><strong>In summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is true that\u00a0<strong>by and until can be easily confused<\/strong>, however they are used differently and after a little study of this article, you should have no problem using them, keep in mind that By is used to mean &#8220;at the latest&#8221;. 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