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river1974
Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 525 Location: Taiwan
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: in front of, before |
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Dear teachers:
in front of + someone or something
before + someone rather than something
Is that right?
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 2111 Location: New Jersey, US
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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The first is correct.
I'm not sure about the second one, though. For example, you can be before the court, but sometimes "the court" is used to refer to the judge. You may be correct on this one, too. |
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asterix
Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 1654
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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I think you can use both with either a person, or a thing.
Two Years before the Mast , is the title of a well-known book, by Richard Henry Dana.
Before dinner.
Before next Sunday, and so on. |
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