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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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"ago" used in a future sense
Hello, good morning. I am a high school student from Indonesia. Can I use "ago" in the following way?
1. By the time the last runner reaches the finishing line, the gold medallist will have reached the same line 2 minutes ago.
Actually the tense of the sentence above is the future tense, but I am not sure whether the "ago" is used properly above? The reaching times of the first and last runners are both in the future, just the winner's time is ahead of the loser's time by 2 minutes.
If "ago" is not the word, could you suggest a better word. Thank you all.
1. By the time the last runner reaches the finishing line, the gold medallist will have reached the same line 2 minutes ago.
Actually the tense of the sentence above is the future tense, but I am not sure whether the "ago" is used properly above? The reaching times of the first and last runners are both in the future, just the winner's time is ahead of the loser's time by 2 minutes.
If "ago" is not the word, could you suggest a better word. Thank you all.
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No, 'ago' is not really appropriate for any situation except when referring to a past point from the present. It is possible that you might hear it otherwise in casual conversation, however. For your sentence: By the time the last runner reaches the finishing line, the gold medallist will have already reached the same line 2 minutes before/previoiusly.
- No, 'ago' is not really appropriate for any situation except when referring to a past point from the present.
- It is possible that you might hear it otherwise in casual conversation, however.
- For your sentence: By the time the last runner reaches the finishing line, the gold medallist will have already reached the same line 2 minutes before/previoiusly.
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No, 'ago' is not really appropriate for any situation except when referring to a past point from the present. It is possible that you might hear it otherwise in casual conversation, however. For your sentence:
By the time the last runner reaches the finishing line, the gold medallist will have already reached the same line 2 minutes before/previoiusly.
By the time the last runner reaches the finishing line, the gold medallist will have already reached the same line 2 minutes before/previoiusly.
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