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Does it sound okay to start a sentence with "about"? For example, "About the homework, do we have to do it until tomorrow?"
4 dec. 2018 15:14
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ABOUT at the beginning of a sentence is common in conversation.
4 december 2018
You can't use 'until' in that context. 'Until' denotes a period of time that starts now and ends at the specified time. So your sentence would mean 'do I have to start doing my homework now and continue doing it until tomorrow', which is not what you mean. You either mean 'do we have to do it by tomorrow' which means that tomorrow you can hand it in finished, or 'do we have to do it tomorrow' which would mean you had all of tomorrow to do it, and could hand it in next morning. I think you mean 'by tomorrow'.
4 december 2018
so what is wrong with that sentence? Could you clarify?
4 december 2018
yes you can start a sentence with about. But your sentence is incorrect it should be "about the homework, do we have to do it tomorrow?" or "about this homework, don't we have to do it until tomorrow" . You will get disagreements on where to place the "?".
4 december 2018
I think use "homework"in place of "it" that is better
4 december 2018
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