By the Age of Ten
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By the age: At the time of reaching the age he was already performing this function.
At the age: He began in the same twelvemonth as reaching the historic period.
Neither implies stopping in whatsoever manner.
That would exist up until the age, meaning he was performing the part and stopped upon reaching that age.
answered Mar 24, 2014 at 17:22
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Sometimes it is confusing because ane of the meanings of by is before or until(during the period until a particular time or date. Tale a wait at the judgement beneath:Past the time Charlotte was 15, she had already achieved worldwide fame.
Mar 25, 2014 at 14:54
Ane of the meanings of by is before or until. "By the time Charlotte was 15, she had already achieved fame." Here it is so obvious that we talk near a fourth dimension period before she reached 15. Equally to my judgement, beginning I thought information technology means until he reached the age of x, he was keeping detailed notebooks and at the age of 10, she stopped doing information technology. Apparently I am wrong and now I see two possibilities: 1- He may have started them before the historic period of ten two- He started writing them when he exactly reached the historic period of ten, not before that. I want to make certain that I got this right. Thanks for your assistance:-)
Mar 25, 2014 at 15:32
@fate Aye, English has a fair number of subtle usages. And, the shorter the phrase, sometimes the harder to effigy out its meaning.
Mar 25, 2014 at 15:39