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 #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 28, 2006 18:13 pm Differente between before and after |
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Hi Luis and welcome to the forum.
Those two words are quite basic, but there are a number of ways to use them. Do you have a dictionary?
Do you have specific sentences that you find confusing?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/before
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/after
The following sentences illustrate a difference:
Today is Saturday.
The day before today was Friday.
The day after today is Sunday.
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Oct 28, 2006 18:17 pm Differente between before and after |
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... will be Sunday.
(just a 'logical' joke :) Sorry, couldn't resist... :))
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Oct 28, 2006 19:46 pm Differente between before and after |
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Psst... Tamara...
You're very observant and logical ... English isn't always quite as logical as we might like, is it? Imagine that! We often use present tenses to refer to the future. It's downright scandalous!
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Oct 28, 2006 19:55 pm Differente between before and after |
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| English isn't always quite as logical as we might like... |
..and never will be, I am afraid... :)
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:18 am Logical |
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"The day after today is Sunday'' is very logical, just as "Tomorrow is my birthday'' and "Next year is 2007" are very logical.
''...will be Sunday" is also very logical and correct, but native speakers will almost always use the fewest words possible to express their meaning. |
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| #7 (permalink) Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:08 am Differente between before and after |
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Certainly, I meant 'logical' in the above sequence. Not taken in itself.
By the way, in my first language both saying ('Tomorrow is Monday' :) (normal use) and 'Tomorrow will be Monday') are possible and I understand the subtle difference in meaning. And the emphasis made in the second case ('will come' or something like that, with a flavour of hope :)
OR used in the meaning 'Tomorrow is (will be) ANOTHER day [...let's finish this work today]')
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