![]() You had better wait until they reopen tomorrow", but " wait for them to reopen tomorrow" "I think the supermarket is already closed.You wanted to go to the beach, but you had better wait until it clears up", but " but you had better wait for it to clear up" ![]() In some slightly modified examples, "for" and "until" would still mean the same thing, but would need you to phrase the sentence differently: The reason "until" is slightly more correct is that "tomorrow" is (in this context) acting as a time, rather than an object (for the arrival of which you might wait) or an event (for the occurrence of which you might wait). For most purposes, they mean the same thing in this context. "Until" is slightly more pedantically correct, but a native speaker would understand either, and might use either (or the abbreviated "'til", dropping the "un-"). Either "for" or "until" would be idiomatic in both your examples. ![]()
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