Saturday 12 March 2011

English Lessons - Back, Ago



You don't say that such and such thing happened 'years back'. You say such and such thing happened 'years ago'. It's 'ago', not 'back', for phrases like these involving durations. 


You may use 'back' colloquially when discussing durations (ex: it happened way back then) but the word 'years' is always followed by 'ago', never 'back'.


Examples:


Wrong: I visited that place years back.
Correct: I visited that place years ago.

You can view a complete article on Indianisms on CNNGo here: http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/life/10-indianisms-652344


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