Close to --- Before or After
Hello folks,
A Japanese English-teaching website interprets the following sentence,
"There is a specific advantage to having this movie come
out so close to the Academy Award for that film."
as
"There is a specific advantage to having this movie come
out immediately after the Academy Award for that film."
I think the phrase should be "right before" instead of
"immediately after." Otherwise, could it be used in either way
depending on the context in which it appears?
Ray
Top answer
If the film has not come out yet, it cannot receive an Academy Award, so "right before" is what should have been written. Ray Virgin Otherwise, could it be used in either way depending on the context in which it appears? I don't know what you're asking, but both "immediately after" and "right before" are grammatical regardless of whether they form a true sentence or not.
- If the film has not come out yet, it cannot receive an Academy Award, so "right before" is what should have been written.
- Ray Virgin Otherwise, could it be used in either way depending on the context in which it appears?
- I don't know what you're asking, but both "immediately after" and "right before" are grammatical regardless of whether they form a true sentence or not.
- CJ
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If the film has not come out yet, it cannot receive an Academy Award, so "right before" is what should have been written.
Ray Virgin Otherwise, could it be used in either way depending on the context in which it appears?
I don't know what you're asking, but both "immediately after" and "right before" are grammatical regardless of whether they form a t
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