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#Common_Mistakes
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🌹Before / Ago / Back
Don’t say: “I sent the letter two months before.”
Say: “I sent the letter two months ago.”
Or: “I sent the letter two months back.” (informal)
✍Ago and back are used for past times from the present moment. Before is used for past times from another time in the past.
🌹Here are some examples of before:
Yesterday I missed my train. I got to the train station at 7:10, but the train had left ten minutes before.
I was very happy when I got this job last year, because I had lost my previous job six months before.
✍Ago and back (informal) are used for past times from the present moment:
I graduated from high school ten years ago.
✍(ten years in the past from today)
We sent the package three days ago.
✍(three days in the past from today)
I moved here about five years back.
✍(informal – five years in the past from today)
✍Before and earlier are used for past times from another time in the past.
Yesterday I missed my train. I got to the train station at 7:10, but the train had left ten minutes before. (or ten minutes earlier)
✍(= at 7:00, ten minutes before 7:10 yesterday)
I was very happy when I got this job last June, because I had lost my previous job six months before. (or six months earlier).
✍(= six months before last June)
✍Use the simple past, not the present perfect, with ago. You say:
✅I started a new job a few weeks ago.
Don’t say: I’ve started a new job a few weeks ago.
✍Don’t use a preposition such as ‘at’, ‘in’, or ‘on’ before a phrase with ago. You say:
✅They first met fifteen years ago.
Don’t say: They first met at/in/fifteen years ago.
✍Don’t use ‘since’ or ‘before’ with ago. You say:
✅I came to the US two months ago.
Don’t say: I came to the US since/before two months ago.
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