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[Essay/영작] (CM-092) "Before for Ago", "Hardly for Hard", "Not so for Not very"
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398. Before for Ago
(X) I saw your friend before two weeks.
(O) I saw your friend two weeks ago.
We use "ago" in counting from the time of speaking to a point in the past:
half an hour ago, three days ago, four months ago, five years ago, a long time ago.
We use "before" in counting from a distant to a nearer point in the past:
Napoleon died in 1821, he had lost the battle of Waterloo six years before.
Note: When we use ago, the verb is always in the simple past tense. He came five minutes ago.
399. Hardly for Hard
(X) She rubbed her eyes hardly.
(O) She rubbed her eyes hard.
"Hard" means severely. "Hardly" means not quite or scarcely.
The baby can hardly walk.
400. No so for Not very
(X) I hear that he's not so rich.
(O) I hear that he's not very rich.
We can't use "not so" in the sense of not very. The expression "He's not so rich." implies a comparison.
He is not so rich as you are. = He's not as rich as you are.
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