M Maybo Key Member Joined Feb 23, 2017 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Oct 8, 2023 #1 Can I say "... came three years after...."?
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Oct 8, 2023 #2 It depends. What's the rest of the sentence?
M Maybo Key Member Thread starter Joined Feb 23, 2017 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Oct 8, 2023 #3 Tarheel said: It depends. What's the rest of the sentence? Click to expand... The same as the sample sentence.
Tarheel said: It depends. What's the rest of the sentence? Click to expand... The same as the sample sentence.
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Oct 8, 2023 #4 It's the same thing. (That's hard for me to read.)
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Oct 8, 2023 #5 Do you think a decade is the same as three years, Maybo? The link you gave as your source is not much use.
Do you think a decade is the same as three years, Maybo? The link you gave as your source is not much use.
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Oct 8, 2023 #6 A decade is ten years, not three years. You can say: For Mr Mitchell that came ten years after he assumed the leadership on November 5, 2001.
A decade is ten years, not three years. You can say: For Mr Mitchell that came ten years after he assumed the leadership on November 5, 2001.
M Maybo Key Member Thread starter Joined Feb 23, 2017 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Oct 9, 2023 #7 It is because I don’t know if I need “after” after “came”. Since “came a decade” is grammatical, I’d like to know if I could put other period after “came” so I asked “came three years”.
It is because I don’t know if I need “after” after “came”. Since “came a decade” is grammatical, I’d like to know if I could put other period after “came” so I asked “came three years”.
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Oct 9, 2023 #8 @Maybo I did not, of course, mean that three years is the same as a decade. It isn't. You can, however, use one instead of the other. Say: So I asked about "came three years". Well, Jutfrank already gave you a sample sentence. All by itself that phrase means very little if anything. Do you have a sentence in mind? Last edited: Oct 9, 2023
@Maybo I did not, of course, mean that three years is the same as a decade. It isn't. You can, however, use one instead of the other. Say: So I asked about "came three years". Well, Jutfrank already gave you a sample sentence. All by itself that phrase means very little if anything. Do you have a sentence in mind?
M Maybo Key Member Thread starter Joined Feb 23, 2017 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Oct 9, 2023 #9 Tarheel said: Do you have a sentence in mind? Click to expand... No. But I got the answer.