Language/English/Grammar/-After--as-an-adverb

"After" as an adverb

Shortly after, etc

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

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

• 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