Spoken and in poetry sounds fine, perhaps, but not as formal, written English.
But when has the KJV every been held up as good English? :-)
Chris
On 16 Mar 2011, at 23:47, deebel wrote:
> Till doesn't sound inelegant to me and I thought that it was pretty well
> established in common usage. Granted I am north of Carlisle and am used to
> hearing Burns on a regular basis. As a further plea I would cite the King
> James Version e.g.
>
> For verily I say unto you, TILL heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
> shall in no wise pass from the law, TILL all be fulfilled. Matthew 5:18 KJV
>
> 'til as a contraction of until looks ok to me but 'till seems strange.
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