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Omar Ahmed Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

What is the difference in meaning between the following two sentences?

. At midnight, the party will have ended.

- By midnight, the party will have ended.

I know that "by" means "before".

  

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Omar Ahmed What is the difference in meaning between the following two sentences? "At" doesn't really work. You could use "come midnight" to better effect in a similar meaning.

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  • Omar Ahmed What is the difference in meaning between the following two sentences?
  • "At" doesn't really work.
  • You could use "come midnight" to better effect in a similar meaning.
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Omar AhmedWhat is the difference in meaning between the following two sentences?

"At" doesn't really work. You could use "come midnight" to better effect in a similar meaning.

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