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what's the diference between "later/ after" -"before/earlier"

what's the diference between "later/ after" -"before/earlier"

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what's the diference between "later/after" --"before/earlier"?

ejem.One minute before/earlier or after/late.

       It is shower "before/earlier" to dinner
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updated Sep 10, 2010
edited by melipiru
posted by melipiru

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"later" and "earlier" are restricted to references to time. "before" and "after" can refer to time but also have more general (spatial) meanings.

updated Jan 29, 2010
posted by samdie
tanks sandie - melipiru, Jan 29, 2010
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Meli, si pudieras poner unos ejemplos de oraciones utilizando estas palabras, entonces tal vez sería más fácil explicar las diferencias que hay. grin

updated Jan 29, 2010
posted by chaparrito
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after is a preposition later is adjective or adverb. form of late-later-the latest

updated Jan 29, 2010
posted by kisiuchka