When To Use TILL And TO

Robby Kukurs
Author of the English Harmony System

I'm not telling you that you have to be a perfectionist, of course not! Trying to speak perfectly at all times will actually do the opposite thing. You'll start to unnecessarily checking yourself for mistakes always when you speak in English and it will eventually lead to the English speaking issue.

You'll start to hesitate and stutter while speaking in order to pay more attention to correcting the grammar rather than the speech itself!

However, it is useful to review your grammar from time to time and try to implement ONE THING AT A TIME.

This time I'm going to tell you about one thing from my own experience.

In my native language there's only one word that describes two English words "till" and "to".

For example, if you say in English "I can throw a ball up to the very far tree on the field" it is wrong to use the word "till" instead of "up to".

However, that's exactly how I spoke before. I'd always say things like "please carry this box till that shelf" instead of "please carry that box to that shelf".

I did it simply because in my native language there's only one word used in such occasions and I even didn't know about the difference.

So - remember that you have to use the word "TILL" ONLY when using it to describe TIME - till tomorrow, till now etc.

In all other cases you have to use the word "to" or "up to".

The next time when you come to using the word "till", remember this and think if maybe the word "to" is the proper one:-)

Happy speaking!

Robby Kukurs
Author, English Harmony System

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