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#1 (permalink) Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:06 pm In / Within.

Would you please explain the difference between "in" and "within"? For example "in few minutes" / "within few minutes"? Thank you! Best regards, Oinas.

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#2 (permalink) Thu Jan 20, 2011 17:50 pm Re: In / Within.

Oinas wrote:

Would you please explain the difference between "in" and "within"?
For example "in a few minutes" / "within a few minutes"? Thank you! Best regards, Oinas.

in a few minutes/within a few minutes

in/within something

There is no difference in meaning, in my opinion.

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