not until

she didnt become suervisor of the nurses until the end of the war. i think is what she is trying to say.


thats what i take it as.

uh oh almost 2k posts woot woot!

I take it as meaning she didn't become a supervisor of the nurses until right before the war ended.

The colon ending the first clause gives a hint that the second clause logically follows.

Florence Nightingale's importance during the Crimean War has been exaggerated - for most of the war she was not the supervisor of the female nurses. (This is the implication of the "not until... did she become" construction)

The implication is that something happened later than expected or assumed.

I booked my table at the restaurant for 8 o'clock, but not until nearly 9:15 did my dinner arrive.