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Discover LudwigThe phrase "after I would" is not correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in conditional or hypothetical contexts, but it requires additional context to be grammatically correct.
Example: "After I would finish my work, I planned to go for a walk."
Alternatives: "after I have" or "once I would".
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In 1991, nearly 20 years after I would normally have graduated, I obtained my bachelor's in psychology.
"After, I would sneak back to my room and drink Scotch and chain smoke Marlboros," he said.
After I would drop Sam off at school and continue with Grace to her kindergarten, she'd have me play one of her Beatles tapes.
After, I would drink until I passed out, spend entire weekends high on anything I could find, desperate to forget about it all.
If it's noisy and immediate gratification you're after, I would suggest a car racetrack or bungee jumping weekend, not an afternoon of handling birds of prey, which offer a quieter and altogether more profound pleasure.
What I did not expect was that, in rereading "Austerlitz" soon after, I would think so often of the Ostwalds, who seemed to be written into his novel, much as I'd once felt that "The Emigrants" was an echo of Martin's life.
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'I moved to Los Angeles after I'd met Joe.
He wrote that, he says, "after I'd been drinking".
After I'd make a contribution to Mr. Perez's cup, we'd talk baseball.
After I'd collected the award, I had a bit of a panic attack.
I didn't notice until after I'd written it that it's dead silent.
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