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"before long", "not before long", "not long before"...
Dear all,
What are the differences among the 3 sentences?
............................................... 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"...)
"before long", "not before long", "not long before"... 
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