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What is the difference between Ago and Before ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Ago and Before ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Ago can only be used with a specific time, like, "10 years ago, I went skydiving".
"I've been skydiving before" (says that you've done it but not when)
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Ago = earlier than now
Before = earlier than the time we're talking about.
"He found a job two years ago" = he found a job two years before now.
"He found a job two years before he got married" = two years passed between those two events, but that doesn't tell us how much time comes between then and now.
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