Learn English – “I can wait until when you have time.” Does this sound weird

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"I can wait until when you have time."

I mean I can wait for you, until whenever you have time for me. Is that the right way to say it?

Best Answer

Yes, it sounds weird. Correct is

I can wait until you have time.

The word until plays two roles. It can be a preposition, which takes a noun or a noun phrase:

Stay at home until Thursday.
Wait until the first snows of winter.

Or it can be a conjunction, joining two finite clauses:

We will fight until we die.
I can wait until you have time.

But it can't take an adverbial phrase. So these are wrong:

I can wait until when you have time.
Stay at home until on Thursday.

I hope this is clear! As a bonus, the words before and after follow the same rules as until.

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