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Old 17-Nov-2005, 09:35
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Question "before long", "not before long", "not long before"...
Dear all,

What are the differences among the 3 sentences?

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Before long, I got up.
Not before long, I got up.
It was not long before I got up.
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Do they all mean "soon"?
(From my dictionary the most proper one should be "before long"...)
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