The e-mail system of my company provides out-of-office auto-reply service. I can enter the relevant dates and a message will be generated by the system and e-mailed to those who e-mail me when I am out of office. The message is 'I will be out of office from [date] and will not return until [date]'.
Suppose the message is 'I will be out of office from 14 July and will not return until 20 July', does it mean that the first day of my leave is 14 July and the last day of my leave is 20 July?
'will not return until'
2011-07-13 4:04 am
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2011-07-13 11:59 am
✔ 最佳答案
No."will not return until 20 July" means that you will be in the office on 20 July.
The last day of your leave is the business day before 20 July.
2011-07-14 02:48:29 補充：
Agree with Wai Tung. The meaning of "Will not return until" is unambiguous.
For human mind, a positive statement suggested by F.P. is more intuitive than a negative statement.
2011-07-14 7:22 pm
No, it isn't. I'd rewrite it like this:
I will be on leave from 14 July and will be return on 20 July.
I will be on leave from 14 July and will be return on 20 July.
2011-07-13 8:49 pm
But I think its quite clear to use "until".It delivers the message of sb will leave and be back on 20th July.
2011-07-13 5:14 pm
For clarity sake, please do not use 'until ....'.
I will be on leave starting 14 July, and will resume duty on 20 July.
I will be on leave starting 14 July, and will resume duty on 20 July.
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