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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Before or After?
Hi teachers,
There is a small reading passages. Here it is:
When the Deakins decided to move from the outskirts of London to central London, they both thought they were doing the
right thing. Mr. Deakin looked forward to less travelling and Mrs. Deakin to a much more interesting life and more friends.
Before they had been there a month, however, they both started to miss their old house with its garden, and to wish they
had never left it.
I thnik the underlined conjunction (before) is wrong? It should be "after". Am I wrong? Thank you.
There is a small reading passages. Here it is:
When the Deakins decided to move from the outskirts of London to central London, they both thought they were doing the
right thing. Mr. Deakin looked forward to less travelling and Mrs. Deakin to a much more interesting life and more friends.
Before they had been there a month, however, they both started to miss their old house with its garden, and to wish they
had never left it.
I thnik the underlined conjunction (before) is wrong? It should be "after". Am I wrong? Thank you.
Top answer
I think it's OK. It means that they had been there for less than a month.
- I think it's OK.
- It means that they had been there for less than a month.
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3 Answers
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I think it's OK. It means that they had been there for less than a month.
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Either would work, depending on the meaning. After means they had been there a month and then started to miss the old place, while before indicates that a not a full month had passed. I think that an easy solution would be within a month.
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