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PLEASE DECLINE* THE DOOR WELL BEFORE LEAVING THANK YOU

Good afternoon

How is the dialogue written in your language (in books)?

Is it with quotation marks, like:

"Come with me," she said

Or with dashes, like:

- Come with me - she said

Explanation:

“In English, the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ is generally used to describe a member of any of the West Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) that settled in Britain from the 5th century AD. Also, particularly in America, it is used to denominate white people, usually of the Protestant faith (‘WASPS’), thus excluding large swathes of the population of that country. It follows that there is no such thing as an Anglo-Saxon country, or, as in the example below, an Anglo-Saxon agency or Anglo-Saxon capitalism. Furthermore, the Anglo-Saxon language ceased to exist in the 12th century (I am ill-informed about Brussels, but the last known speaker in Luxembourg was St Willibrord, 658-739). This term is particularly inapplicable (and, I gather, irritating for those concerned) when used to describe the Irish, Scots and Welsh, who partly base their national identities on not being descended from the Anglo-Saxons (everybody seems to have forgotten about the poor Jutes), and verges on the ridiculous when used to include West Indians or people like the incumbent US president, who, in EU terminology, would be the leader of the Anglo-Saxon world.”

(てから and たら comparison)

A(た)後B “After A, B” --A finishes entirely before B happens --A is not a trigger or cause for B --B does not necessarily happen directly after A

Aてから B “(directly) after (and because of) A, B” --A finishes entirely before B happens --A causes B, B cannot happen until after A --B happens right after A

彼女は彼が出ていった後で彼の名前を私に教えてくれた。She told me his name after he had left.。

Here, the second action happens at some point after A, but probably not directly afterwards.  It could go something like this: A He left (A1 the rest of us went to the next restaurant, A2 we ordered food, A3 I realized I didn’t know his name) B she told me his name. 

If we use てから

彼女は彼が出ていっでから彼の名前を私に教えてくれた。

It sounds like “She wouldn’t tell me his name until he left, so he left and then directly after that she told me.”  A triggers B to happen, and B cannot happen until after A. 

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