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TasmanTiger Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

After two years vs two years after

Hi,

What is the difference between "after two years" and " two years after" ?

Are there any differences in meaning and usages ?

Thanks

TasmanTiger
  

Top answer

After two years of fighting cancer, the patient succumbed. Two years after the diagnosis, the patient was still in relatively good health.

— JohnParis

  • After two years of fighting cancer, the patient succumbed.
  • Two years after the diagnosis, the patient was still in relatively good health.
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After two years of fighting cancer, the patient succumbed.

Two years after the diagnosis, the patient was still in relatively good health.
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There is also the possibility of 'two years later':

I was born in New York in 1985, and two years later my family moved to Toronto.
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