Differente between before and after

[Tema]

Hello everyone my name's Luis.

I want to know what's the differente between before and after?

Can anyone tell me?
Tema

[Yankee]

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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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Tamara]

... will be Sunday.

(just a 'logical' joke Sorry, couldn't resist... )
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[Yankee]

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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[Tamara]

[canadian45]

"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.

[Tamara]

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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