After vs Then in narration
These are really common sentences when writing about, say, your holidays.
My students tend to write sentences like the following:
First, we went to London. After, I and my family went to Paris.
I usually correct After to Then or Later (or After that). I think that After might be used like that, but my guess is that, at least, it is not common or sounds too formal.
Would you teachers correct it too and suggest Then as a far more common word as I do?
Thanks.
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I suggest you teach them how to use ' afterwards ', and explain the difference between 'it and ' after' . I'm always surprised by how many students with good English don't know 'afterwards'
- I suggest you teach them how to use ' afterwards ', and explain the difference between 'it and ' after' .
- I'm always surprised by how many students with good English don't know 'afterwards'
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I suggest you teach them how to use 'afterwards', and explain the difference between 'it and 'after'.
I'm always surprised by how many students with good English don't know 'afterwards'
0anonymousWould you teachers correct it too and suggest "then" as a far more common word as I do?
Yes. Any of these will work: then, later, afterwards, next. The opposite is earlier or previously.
We went to London. [Then / Later / Afterwa
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