To the last minute

[Daniellll]

What do we say:
- don't leave everything till the last minute
OR
- don't leave everything to the last minute
OR
-don't leave everything up to the last minute

?

 

[Rover_KE]

'...till...' is best;

'...to...' is just about acceptable;

'...up to...' is wrong.

Rover

 

[Atchan]

'...till...' is best;

'...to...' is just about acceptable;

'...up to...' is wrong.

Rover

What is the meaning of "up to" because I used it in previous sentence but it was crossed out. "up to date" is used by anti virus programs so does it mean updated.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes - 'up to date' means 'modern' or the latest version of a program.

'What are you up to?' means 'What are you doing?'

'You can borrow up to four books from the library' means 'You can borrow one, two, three or four books. . . .'

Rover

 

[bertietheblue]

Just to add, 'till' has exactly the same meaning as 'until' so you could use 'until' here - the only difference is that 'till' is more colloquial so you don't see it anywhere near as often as 'until' in writing.

 

[Atchan]

Just to add, 'till' has exactly the same meaning as 'until' so you could use 'until' here - the only difference is that 'till' is more colloquial so you don't see it anywhere near as often as 'until' in writing.

What you said is absolutely right.