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That paragraph originated from Wikipedia, and is not really correct. "Till", like "ain't" and "their" (for his-or-her), is old and begrudgingly accepted, but not considered proper English. Sure, Shakespeare used "till", but he also wrote "wherefore". 'til is the preferred form.

Not that any of this actually matters a whit.




citation please? would be happy to fix the wikipedia article




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