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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

The day before

CONDITIONS
I saw this room yesterday.
Someone cleaned this room 4days ago.

The room was clean when I came there yesterday because someone had cleaned this room the day three days before yesterday.

Is this correct?
Thanks
LiJ
  

Top answer

The room was clean when I went there yesterday because someone had cleaned it four days ago . "to come" works better when the action is toward the area the speaker is in. It should work in the same way that ??

— Vorpar

  • The room was clean when I went there yesterday because someone had cleaned it four days ago .
  • "to come" works better when the action is toward the area the speaker is in.
  • It should work in the same way that ??
  • does.
  • " After "the day before yesterday" it's much more common to say the number of days, and not using yesterday.
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The room was clean when I went there yesterday because someone had cleaned it four days ago.

"to come" works better when the action is toward the area the speaker is in. It should work in the same way that ?? does.

It's also uncommon to use "three days before yesterday", it would be more natural to say "four days ago." After "the day before yesterday" it's much more
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Vorpar
The room was clean when I went there yesterday because someone had cleaned it four days ago.

"to come" works better when the action is toward the area the speaker is in. It should work in the same way that ?? does. I see.

It's also uncommon to use "three days
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... because someone had cleaned it three days before.
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Thank you, GG. I understand perfectly thanks to both of you.

LiJ
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