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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
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Which word is a better choice, earlier or before?
Aerys, who had become increasingly paranoid and cruel since his several months of confined imprisonment during the Defiance of Duskendale several years earlier/before, ordered the fathers of the prisoners to come south to answer for the charges against their sons.
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I think either will work. Some might feel that earlier puts a greater distance between the Defiance and the present time. I would say answer to the charges toward the end of the sentence.
- I think either will work.
- Some might feel that earlier puts a greater distance between the Defiance and the present time.
- I would say answer to the charges toward the end of the sentence.
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I think either will work. Some might feel that earlier puts a greater distance between the Defiance and the present time. I would say answer to the charges toward the end of the sentence.
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