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Old August 24, 2009, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by chileno View Post
Yes!



Waiit a miiiiiiiiinute!

By then I had completed the task.

Then I had completed the task.

Could both of these sentences mean the same thing?

I would say, yes. But also it depends on the context in which it is being applied. Right? or KNot?

Please let me know.
Maybe I should stick with Spanish that's at my level. If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch! (Is there a Spanish equivalent for THAT phrase???)

ANYWAY - yes, there is a slight difference between "at that time" and "by that time". Slight.... so I guess that if I wanted to stress that difference, I'd use "en ese tiempo" or "por ese tiempo", depending......
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