I will meet you if I am alive until this ordeal ends.

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tufguy

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1) I will meet you if I am alive until this ordeal ends.

2) I will meet you if I am alive by the time this ordeal ends.

Can we use "Until" as well? We use until for the progression of time. Am I correct? Like "I will wait until she comes" but "I will have to complete this work by Monday".
 

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I will meet you if I stay alive until this ordeal ends'.
#2 would work with 'still alive'.

I would like to know about the first sentence. It has until in it and it is used for something that will keep happening till a specified time. Am I correct? So what does "Until" suggests here? That I will keep living until it ends.
 

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#1 works if you change 'am' to 'stay' as Piscean said.

It also works if you change 'until' to 'when'.

I will meet you if I am alive when this ordeal ends.
 
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