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Prepositional phrase
in advance
- Beforehand.
The money was paid in advance.
1979 December 22, Gia Berkman, “Some Friction”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 4:To make matters worse, you did not publish the news note until 5 days before the conference — even though we had submitted it enough in advance to have been included in the previous weeks' paper.!
2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 57:The chap opposite seems to be trying to pull a fast one, and having seen the guard is trying to buy a ticket online... but doesn't succeed. The guard helpfully sells him one, but not quite at the price of one purchased in advance. In fairness he doesn't kick off, nor does the guard treat him like some common criminal. It's a fair cop - or should that be a fare cop?
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