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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

at the time vs by the time

0Hello everyone,02br
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00Could you help me with this doubt? Is it correct to say "at the time I got there they had finished" or can you only say "by the time I got there they had finished"?02br
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0 01i 01font 00"By the time I got there they had finished"02font 02i 00 is correct. "0-

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0 01i01font00"By the time I got there they had finished"02font02i00 is correct. It is saying that 01i00"when I eventually arrived, they had already finished the job."02i02br
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01i00"At the time"02i00 is referring to a time period in the past.02br
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0Thanks a lot!!02br
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