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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
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by the time / before

0What is the difference between "by the time" and "before"? Can they be used interchangeably?02br
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01i00I saw her a few days before she died.02i02br
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1i00The phone was ringing but 01b01font00by the time02font02b00 she got indoors, it had stopped. 01b01font00This sentence is fine standing alone. 00 02font02b02i02br
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0 01i00by the time02i00 is a special case of 01i00before02i00, in which two processes are running their courses in parallel.02br
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