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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Ago/before, later/after
Could you confirm whether the following sentences are okay? If all of them are possible, please tell me what the difference is between A and B in each of the following pairs. Thank you.
1A. He came here 5 minutes ago.
1B. He came here 5 minutes before.
2A. He will come here 5 minutes later.
2B. He will come here 5 minutes after.
1A. He came here 5 minutes ago.
1B. He came here 5 minutes before.
2A. He will come here 5 minutes later.
2B. He will come here 5 minutes after.
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I am not a native speaker, neither am I an English teacher. I am just like you on this site to learn English. But I feel I can answer your question.
- I am not a native speaker, neither am I an English teacher.
- I am just like you on this site to learn English.
- But I feel I can answer your question.
- 1A: He came here 5 minutes ago.
- CORRECT 1B: He came here 5 minutes before.
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I am not a native speaker, neither am I an English teacher. I am just like you on this site to learn English. But I feel I can answer your question.
1A: He came here 5 minutes ago. CORRECT
1B: He came here 5 minutes before. NO
When you end a sentence with "before", the first question comes in listener's mind is "before what?".
2A: He will come here 5 minutes later.
1A: He came here 5 minutes ago. CORRECT
1B: He came here 5 minutes before. NO
When you end a sentence with "before", the first question comes in listener's mind is "before what?".
2A: He will come here 5 minutes later.
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