Expression: "Let's move fifty years from now."

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Hi[A teacher is explaining to the students the difference in the degree of environmental hazards every fifty years -- so he is comparing 1964 to 2014 and 2014 to 2064]Are these sentences OK for both situations?Let's move back fifty years from now. [1964]Let's move fifty years from now.           [2064]Let's move back fifty years.                 [1964]Let's move fifty years forward.              [2064]Let's move fifty years back.Let's move fifty years ago.Thanks,Tom

Elanguest · Accepted Answer

All okay except the second and the last.

Mr. Tom · Answer

Thanks, Elanguest.

Can you please tell me what is wrong with the second sentence? We often say something like this:

How do you see yourself ten years from now?

Is this incorrect too?

Tom

Elanguest · Answer

It's fine to say How do you see yourself ten years from now, but Let's move fifty years from now is a bit ambiguous; it's not clear if you mean fifty years in the past or future. The first sentence is better because the word back removes the ambiguity.

Expression: "Let's move fifty years from now."

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