Timeline for Difference between "before" and "in front of"
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| Oct 6, 2016 at 15:01 | answer | added | cwallenpoole | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 26, 2016 at 15:57 | history | protected | user140086 | ||
| Feb 26, 2016 at 11:29 | answer | added | Andy Fielding | timeline score: -2 | |
| Feb 26, 2016 at 11:12 | comment | added | rogermue | I don't think it is a good thing to teach the teacher. Be content that in some grammar point you know a bit more. | |
| Feb 26, 2016 at 9:12 | answer | added | user68188 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 22:41 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | OP's teacher is indeed a fatuous ignoramus. He should point out to her that etymologically speaking, [be]fore began life as a spatial/locative reference, not a temporal one. | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 22:31 | comment | added | SF. | @J.R. Back then you'd use Altavista, and the connection quality really discouraged that. | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 22:25 | comment | added | J.R. | @SF: Really? You can simply Google "before the judge" and find about 18 million counterexamples. | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 22:03 | comment | added | Marthaª | Nitendra, welcome to ELU. Have you looked up before in a dictionary? What did it say? | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 21:54 | history | edited | Marthaª | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
slight grammar adjustment
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| Nov 27, 2012 at 16:03 | comment | added | SF. | Fun to see my English teacher proven wrong. She was very adamant about "before" being strictly temporal... | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 15:58 | history | edited | JSBձոգչ |
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| Nov 27, 2012 at 15:41 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 27, 2012 at 12:41 | answer | added | Kris | timeline score: -2 | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 12:27 | answer | added | user2683 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 12:23 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 12:15 | comment | added | tylerharms | Yes, you can use before to refer to space. No problem. A very common English expression is "Right before my/your eyes." | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 12:08 | history | asked | nitendra jain | CC BY-SA 3.0 |