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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an answer before" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in contexts where you are referring to receiving an answer prior to a specific event or time, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "I would appreciate an answer before the meeting starts."
Alternatives: "a response prior to" or "an answer in advance of".
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She didn't wait for an answer before adding, "I know what's up".
Goldberg apparently took that to mean he should have an answer before dinner Hawaii time.
Lena Jenny, 17, a high school senior in Cupertino, Calif., said texting was so quick that "I sometimes have an answer before I even shut my phone".
She struggled to find an answer, before settling on this: "The life I was living years back — I'm not living anymore".
The Bush administration wants an answer before the G-8 meeting in Russia, while Moscow wants a spirit of cooperation to produce a positive outcome on many issues.
The key question to which everyone wanted an answer before they could think of excusing Gove's treachery was why he had turned on Johnson so suddenly, and viciously.
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"Before you attack or criticize her, she will have an answer ready before you even fire a bullet," Lin said.
And they worry that if they do not get an answer now, before he is sentenced, they will never know.
With answer anticipation, the student must supply an answer herself before determining which given answer best matches her own.
This is a question you should have an answer to before you begin spending money on your business.
Using this paradigm the application would maintain its own store to record sent requests and wait for a matching answer before a predefined timeout occurs.
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