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==Shortly after, etc== | ==Shortly after, etc== | ||
After can be used in adverb phrases like shortly after, long after, a few days after, etc. | After can be used in adverb phrases like shortly after, long after, a few days after, etc. | ||
Example: | Example: | ||
*We had oysters for supper. Shortly after, I began to feel ill. | *We had oysters for supper. Shortly after, I began to feel ill. | ||
'''In more exact expressions of time, later is more common.''' | '''In more exact expressions of time, later is more common.''' | ||
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After is not normally used alone as an adverb. Instead, we use other expressions like afterwards (American English also afterward), then or after that. | After is not normally used alone as an adverb. Instead, we use other expressions like afterwards (American English also afterward), then or after that. | ||
Example: | Example: | ||
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*I'm going to do my exams, and afterwards I'm going to study medicine. (not and after, I'm going. . .) | *I'm going to do my exams, and afterwards I'm going to study medicine. (not and after, I'm going. . .) | ||
== | ==Other Lessons== | ||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/PRONOUNS|PRONOUNS]] | * [[Language/English/Grammar/PRONOUNS|PRONOUNS]] | ||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/‘Differ-with’-and-‘Differ-from’|‘Differ with’ and ‘Differ from’]] | * [[Language/English/Grammar/‘Differ-with’-and-‘Differ-from’|‘Differ with’ and ‘Differ from’]] | ||
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* [[Language/English/Grammar/More-on-Omission|More on Omission]] | * [[Language/English/Grammar/More-on-Omission|More on Omission]] | ||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Collocations-with-go|Collocations with go]] | * [[Language/English/Grammar/Collocations-with-go|Collocations with go]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 27 March 2023
"After" as an adverb
Shortly after, etc[edit | edit source]
After can be used in adverb phrases like shortly after, long after, a few days after, etc.
Example:
- We had oysters for supper. Shortly after, I began to feel ill.
In more exact expressions of time, later is more common.
Example:
- They started the job on the 16th and finished three weeks later.
After not used alone[edit | edit source]
After is not normally used alone as an adverb. Instead, we use other expressions like afterwards (American English also afterward), then or after that.
Example:
- I'm going to do my exams, and afterwards I'm going to study medicine. (not and after, I'm going. . .)
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- PRONOUNS
- ‘Differ with’ and ‘Differ from’
- Prepositions of Position
- False Ellipsis (Part 2)
- Adverbs of Manner
- Prepositions of Direction
- Linking with And But So
- How to Use Have
- More on Omission
- Collocations with go