Question15: What's the difference between “before long” and
“long before”?
Answer: Though it is only a change of
order, the two phrases are completely different from each other in
meaning.“Before long” is almost the same as “soon”while “long
before”means“a long time before some events”. In this case, we must pay
attention to the tense when encountering them, e.g. Before long he joined
the army and left his hometown.I had known about him long before I knew
him.
问题15:before long 和long before
有什么区别吗？
回答:虽然两者只在词序上有所区别，但是意义却是截然不同的。Before long
意为不久，用法同soon。long before则表示“在……之前很久”。 所以，碰到这两个词的时候，我们要特别注意时态。例如：Before
long he joined the army and left his hometown. I had known about him long
before I knew
him.
15:before long 和long before 有什么区别吗？
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