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Pructus Posted 19 years ago
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until VS before

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00In the above sentence, substituting the "until" with "before" is more like native speaker's sense of English? 02br
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12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 10In the above sentence, substituting the "until" with "before" is more like native speaker's sense of English? 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00I prefer "until", as that gives emphasis to the fact that the occupation was what caused the change. "02font 02b 00 0-

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  • 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 10In the above sentence, substituting the "until" with "before" is more like native speaker's sense of English?
  • 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00I prefer "until", as that gives emphasis to the fact that the occupation was what caused the change.
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10But the waters had been called either the 10 10 or 10 of 10 11u11b11i10until12i12b12u10 the Japanese occupation of 10 a century ago.12br
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0 Try a search at this site (top right corner) for more examples:02br
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0Thanks, Guru, and Philip!02br
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