As the previous time...

[99bottles]

'My brother came with me as the previous time.'

'As the previous time, my brother came with me.'

Are they both correct? Both wrong?

 

[Yankee]

'My brother came with me as [STRIKE]the previous time[/STRIKE].'he did previously.

'As [STRIKE]the previous time,[/STRIKE] he did previously. my brother came with me.'

Are they both correct? Both wrong?

Options.

 

[99bottles]

Options.

How about 'as he did the previous time'?

 

[Tarheel]

I guess it's okay, but try:

My brother came with me as he did before.

 

[probus]

I agree that "as he did before" is more natural but it also has a slightly different meaning. The original specified a single previous occasion, while "before" could be more than once.

 

[99bottles]

I guess it's okay, but try:

My brother came with me as he did before.

Wait, I just thought of something else. Shouldn't it be 'as he had done before'?

 

[Tdol]

How about 'as he did the previous time'?

How about as he did the last time?

 

[Yankee]

.....or, like he did before. And the options grow. :roll:

 

[Tdol]

They rarely shrink.

 

[Rover_KE]

Another option:

My brother came with me like he did last time.

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