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Which of the following sentences is natural?
1. The movie had already started at the time I got to the theater.
2. The movie had already started by the time I got to the theater.
Which of the following sentences is natural?
1. The movie had already started at the time I got to the theater.
2. The movie had already started by the time I got to the theater.
1. The movie had already started at the time I got to the theater.
2. The movie had already started by the time I got to the theater.
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2 sounds more natural.
"At the time" is usually used for giving context about conditions or feelings in the past. For example: "At the time [that I was applying to college], I thought I wanted to study math." vs. "By the time I was admitted, I had decided to study English."
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