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(= duration, how long.)\n\nDo not say: **during two hours**; say **for two hours**.\n\n### Other useful time expressions\n\n### Before\n\n* **Before** → earlier than another event or time.\n    *Example:* They arrived **before** the meeting started. (Earlier than the meeting.)\n\n### Ago\n\n* **Ago** → used after a time period to show how long before now something happened. Pattern: [time period] + ago.\n    *Example:* He left the office **two hours ago**. (Two hours before now.)\n    *Example:* I saw her **three days ago**. 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