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I want to know the grammar about the word AFTER if I want to describe something happens after a particular time, are there only two ways to make a sentence with AFTER? 1) after doing something 2) after someone did something
15 mrt. 2016 13:48
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Close. There are three main ways of using "after": a) as a preposition, which would usually precede a noun, a preposition or (as in your "1") a gerund: "I came after the show", "I came after him" or "I came after going to the show". b) as a conjunction, which connects what would otherwise be an independent clause to the subsequent event (as in your "2"): "I came after I went to the show". c) As an adverb: "He came first, and I came soon after" (Also note it should be "describe something WHICH/THAT happens".) Consequently, your
15 maart 2016
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