D'ici demain vs d'ici ce soir

Valerie O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I'm perplexed. My answer to a quiz was marked wrong when I translated "by tonight" as "d'ici soir". Apparently it should be d'ici ce soir. But by tomorrow is "d'ici demain". Could you please explain the difference because the lesson doesn't address this. Thanks.

This question relates to:French lesson "By + [point in time] = d'ici [moment] in French"

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Effectively, there is only 1 ‘demain’ - translates directly as tomorrow - so no need to specify. However, ‘soir’ by itself does not mean ‘tonight/this evening’ - needs to be qualified to indicate which evening. Hence ‘ce soir’ for this evening/tonight.

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/soir

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Valerie O. asked:

D'ici demain vs d'ici ce soir

I'm perplexed. My answer to a quiz was marked wrong when I translated "by tonight" as "d'ici soir". Apparently it should be d'ici ce soir. But by tomorrow is "d'ici demain". Could you please explain the difference because the lesson doesn't address this. Thanks.

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