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Blueblooded65 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

When one period of time is more than another period of time

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the period surveyed in this paper is over the beginning of the studies of this institute.
I want to say "the period surveyed in this paper is before the period of the studies."
  

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blueblooded65 The period surveyed in this paper is before the period of the studies of this institute . Fine. Also substituting 'precedes' for 'is before'.

  • blueblooded65 The period surveyed in this paper is before the period of the studies of this institute .
  • Fine.
  • Also substituting 'precedes' for 'is before'.
  • CJ
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blueblooded65The period surveyed in this paper is before the period of the studies of this institute.
Fine. Also substituting 'precedes' for 'is before'.

CJ

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