how late..?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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A very common question we may ask especially at workplaces and we may need to ask something like

1. How late are you going to stay back today?
2. Usually how late would you stay back ?

Those are just the meaning I wanted to express but surely its not a correct usage. Please suggest the correct usages. Thanks !

2

How late are you going to stay up today?

3

How late are you going to work today?
Will you be working late this evening?
What time will you be finishing today?
How late are you staying in work?

Haihao, ‘stay up’ usually refers to the time you go to bed, rather than the time you leave work.

4

BS,

What time will you be finishing today? I’ve never heard it, tho it is grammatically correct.

People around me just always ask: what time you finish today? - which is obvious it is grammatically incorrect…

What time are you until? - this is also very common.

5

I’ve never heard anyone use those expressions TIE. As you say, neither one is correct.

6

I’m surprised, so you haven’t heard people using it:

  • what time are you untill? People just ask like that at my workplace, and what time you finish is very common, however, I don’t like it
7

Thanks for all responses !

The suggestions by TIE doesn’t look grammatically correct, even though it conveys the idea properly and also informally.

TIE, could you relate this as short forms of something which is complete in structure and grammar?

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No. I’ve never heard anyone ask in either of those ways… and if they did, It would probably be very hard for me to not correct them!

9

what time are you untill? whats wrong with it? it grammatically makes sense - I recon

10

BS to be honest, I’ve never heard anyone to ask it: What time will you be finishing? I think it is too long and circuitous…

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It is also correct, TIE!