until the end of the war

ist besser angebracht, denke ich.

till soll besser als until sein> Wieso denn,Vanessa?

ist nur eine subjektive meinung, aber von mein gehör her habe ich das öfters aufgegriffen "till the end of the world", "till the end of the road" etc. natürlich belegt es jetzt keine grammatikalische formel. es ist nur mein gedanke.

"until" ist ein wenig formaler/formeller als "till", sonst gibt's keinen Unterschied. Für meine Übersetzungen benutze ich meistens "until", würde auch in diesem Fall.

in AE, "till" doesn't even exist with this meaning. It's usually "til," and that's a colloquial abbreviation of "until."

But it's listed in AE, dude, with examples and without any special "Brit." ascription.

Where is it listed in AE, Phillipp?

@ronja: it does not matter wether you use till or until, the meaning absolutely is the same.

@ronja: it does not matter wether you use till or until, the meaning is absolutely the same.

Ja Quatsch, statt AE wollte ich M-W schreiben.

I daresay that's wrong then, Phillipp. :-)

AFAIK, "till" is purely BE and not used at all in AE in this sense.

Sei so nett und sag's denen schriftlich ;-)

sorry, but I am no one to tell M-W anything. :-)

Here be no less than the NY Times using "till":

UNLIMITED BIDS A FACTOR Partial Reports Reaching Capital-- Total Will Not Be Gives Out Till Next Monday. Special to The New York Times. WASHINGTON, May 6. ...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?re...

Well, I may be wrong. However, I should point out that word usage in headlines and sub-heads can often lead to somewhat "unusual" verbal concoctions due to lack of space (although "until" admittedly wouldn't be that much longer than "till"). :-)

And here's Wall Street Journal reporter John Fund:

Hard to tell since everyone is on Spring Break till next Monday.

http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q...

Chances are of course his upbringing was staunchly British ;-)

Phillipp, I am but a small grain of sand on the AE beach. I just find "till" highly unusual and as fas as I'm concerned) rarely used in AE. Maybe hm -- us will find this thread and give us her erudite opinion. :-)