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scotcher, ну вот и поговорили :)

I didn't know about that misconception and I don't know why you're so concerned about it. To me it was a question about formal/informal not about full/abbreviation...

Entitled to disagree with what? That Ramil's writing an official paper or that "util" fits better with that context? And there's no problem, I'm just trying to figure out if it's good to use "till"...

I believe Ramil is writing/translating an official paper (maybe for some embassy) so I thought that more formal "until" fits in with the context better than more informal "till".

scotcher

I'm confused.

ZelyeUrsuli: Just to mention - till is very informal.
You: Common misconseption, and not true at all (i.e. it's not informal)
Me: are you sure "till" is not informal?...

Common misconseption, and not true at all. Until is more common especially as the first word in a sentence, but till has been in the language far longer and is in no way a contraction or abbreviation...