Usage of 'behind'

Daemon99 · #1 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:02 am *Usage of 'behind'*

Please read the line below.

That's how far ahead they are of me.

If you had to write a similar sentence using behind in place of ahead, how would that be?

That's how far behind they are ___ me?

What word fits in the blank?
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Alan · #2 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:49 am *Usage of 'behind'*

Hi,

You would say 'behind me'.

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Cerberus™ · #3 (permalink) Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:07 am *Usage of 'behind'*

So that the sentence would be "that is how far they are behind me".

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