She must remain single until today.

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joham

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She must remain single until today.

What does the sentence mean? Is she married now? Or is she still single?

Many thanks.
 

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She must remain single until today.

What does the sentence mean? Is she married now? Or is she still single?

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Do you have any context? It seems to me that she can get married anytime from today onward.
 

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Thanks so much, riquecohen.
The sentence is taken from a grammar book written by a Chinese professor of English and no context was given.
 

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Thanks so much, riquecohen.
The sentence is taken from a grammar book written by a Chinese professor of English and no context was given.

What a strange sentence.
 

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I am not a teacher, nor a native speaker.

I would assume that she's following some religion rule and the author is aware of that, so he writes that she must remain single until today.

However I agree that the sentence is odd.
 

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Possibly, but she has had to.... makes more sense in that context to me. Without any further context being given, I would say it's just not a very good sentence as it's supposed to be illustrating something, but is very unclear what that is.
 
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