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Alex+  #512650  Mon, 12 May 08 05:23 AM
"Do you know what time the restaurant works till?"

I asked this question to the receptionist in a hotel but he didn't understand me. Is this sentence not correct?
  
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Madhulk  #512687  Mon, 12 May 08 09:07 AM
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"Do you know what time the restaurant works till?"

I asked this question to the receptionist in a hotel but he didn't understand me. Is this sentence not correct?
 

I'm not sure but maybe you can put it this way:

Do you know what time does the restaurant close at?

When does the reastaurant close? 

  
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Pter  #512994  Tue, 13 May 08 03:51 AM
 A restaurant doesn't work.  You can ask for the opening hours.
  
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khoff  #513009  Tue, 13 May 08 05:25 AM

The most common ways to ask this question would be:

What time does the restaurant close?

When does the restuarant close?

How late is the restaurant open?

  
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Alex+  #513235  Tue, 13 May 08 07:42 PM
Is it correct to ask a person "What time do you work till?"
  
CalifJim  #513345  Wed, 14 May 08 01:18 AM
It's grammatically possible, but it's a bit weird on the ear.  Smile

Some prepositions, especially those related to time, don't easily tolerate stranding.

You work till what time? becomes Till what time do you work? (not stranding the preposition at the end)

Or, with stranding:  What time do you work till?

till just doesn't work well when stranded at the end.   Nor does its "opposite" since.

What time have you been working since? is thus awkward, while Since what time have you been working? is not quite so awkward.

In any case, most of these are handled by native speakers through rephrasing:

What time do you get off work? (??What time do you work till?)

What time did you start working? (??What time have you been working since?)

CJ 

  
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Alex+  #514152  Thu, 15 May 08 07:40 PM
Thank you for you reply.

One more question. Is it correct to say:

1. When do you finish your work?
2. When do you finish working?
  
Grammar Geek  #514175  Thu, 15 May 08 09:18 PM

It's not incorrect, but it's imprecise.

If I'm working on a major project, the answer to the first question may be "three weeks should do it" and my answer to the second could be "probably when I'm about 65."

What time asks a more precise question than when.

  
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CalifJim  #514259  Fri, 16 May 08 02:16 AM
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One more question. Is it correct to say:

1. When do you finish your work?
2. When do you finish working?
 

You might add today to make these more precise.  (I'm assuming this is concept you're going for.)  These two are the most common ways of saying what you want to say.  I use the second one more often than the first.

When do you finish work today?

When do you get off work today? 

CJ 

  
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