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Is this sentence correct:
"It's been a while since I last contacted you, earlier in May of this year."
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Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: Maybe. Probably not. For it to have been earlier in May, there would have to have been something later in May, but in that case we would already know what year that May was in.
- Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: Maybe.
- Probably not.
- For it to have been earlier in May, there would have to have been something later in May, but in that case we would already know what year that May was in.
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Christine ChristieIs this sentence correct:
Maybe. Probably not. For it to have been earlier in May, there would have to have been something later in May, but in that case we would already know what year that May was in. Perhaps you mean "It's been a while since I last contacted you, earlier this year, in May."
0Christine ChristieMay of this year.
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