Are both sentences correct? Is there any difference between them?
1. Before I even finished introducing myself, the class was already over. 2. By the time I even finished introducing myself, the class was already over.
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Top answer
In #1 you did not finish the introduction; in #2 you did. 'Even' is odd or wrong in #2.
— Mister Micawber
In #1 you did not finish the introduction; in #2 you did.
'Even' is odd or wrong in #2.
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