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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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By the year//Come the year

0Today there are 6 billion people on earth.01b00 By the year 205002b00 there may be as many as 12.5 billion.02br
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00Is it the same to say "Come the year 2050" or "When the year 2050 comes" instead of "By the year 2050" in the above? Thanks.0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00Generally speaking, yes. 02br 02br 00'Come the year . 02br 02br 00Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00Generally speaking, yes.
  • 02br 02br 00'Come the year .
  • 02br 02br 00Clive0-
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00'Come the year . . ' is a little more literary, a little more 'fancy'.02br
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