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Vũ Thảo Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

I don't understand this sentence


My boy gets my money at twenty-one and not before.....
This is sentence of the story I read. not before and wtenty-one meaning???

  

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It sounds like the money is an inheritance (or a gift). A more formal statement would be My son will receive my money when he becomes twenty-one years old and not before that time.

  • It sounds like the money is an inheritance (or a gift).
  • A more formal statement would be My son will receive my money when he becomes twenty-one years old and not before that time.
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It sounds like the money is an inheritance (or a gift). A more formal statement would be

My son will receive my money when he becomes twenty-one years old and not before that time.

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