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Ago and Before: The letter had been written four months before/ago

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#1 (permalink) Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:20 am Ago and Before: The letter had been written four months before/ago

Hi

Could you please give me a few examples where "ago" and "before" can be used interchangeably? Are they interchangeable here?

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...he knew the letter had been written four months before.
...he knew the letter had been written four months ago.

Many thanks,

Tom

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#2 (permalink) Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:57 am Ago and Before

Hi Tom, Here is a useful thread for you: http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic24193.html

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