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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Usage of in and after

I have heard that "in" is used to talk about future events and "after" is used to talk about past events, but I think that "I learned how to drive in a week." is fine to use and it is okay to say, "I learned how to drive after a week."? I think they mean the same. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so m
  

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I have heard that "in" is used to talk about future events and "after" is used to talk about past events, Completely incorrect. You can say eg Yesterday , I learned a lot in school. eg Tomorrow , I will go to school after lunch.

— Clive

  • I have heard that "in" is used to talk about future events and "after" is used to talk about past events, Completely incorrect.
  • You can say eg Yesterday , I learned a lot in school.
  • eg Tomorrow , I will go to school after lunch.
  • " is fine to use Yes.
  • Sounds like the learning process took 7 days.
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I have heard that "in" is used to talk about future events and "after" is used to talk about past events,
Completely incorrect. You can say
eg Yesterday, I learned a lot in school.
eg Tomorrow, I will go to school after lunch.

but I think th
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Thank you so much, so do you mean "I learned how to drive in a week." can mean the same as "I learned how to drive after a week."? Thank you so much again.
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It can. But it may not.

Clive.
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