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of, before, come (event or time in future), ere, fore), in advance of (1(1)), near
(shortly before), near to (shortly before), nigh (shortly before), o' (clock hour), of
(clock hour), pending (event in future), preparatory to (event or act in
future), previous to, prior to, this side of (time, date, event), till, to (clock
hour), toward (close or closer to), towards (close or closer to), until, unto
(until), while
В-пятых, время, которое следует за отрезком, указанным в
предложении: after), after, beyond, following (complement may be a cause or
reason), gone (past), past, subsequent to
В-шестых, отрезок времени, в течение которого разворачивается
действие: across, after, after (time following departure or action of), ahead of
(complement is experiencer of event in governor), along (path of
progress), alongside (same time), as (stage of life), at (time periods), at (period
defined by activity), between (starting and end points), betwixt (starting and end
points), by (period when something happens), down, during, for, in , in (period in
future till something happens), in front of (complement is experiencer of event in
governor), in the course of, inside (provides a maximum time frame), inside of
(provides a maximum time frame), into, mid, o'er, over, round ('the clock', time
period), through, throughout, thro', thru, under (during the rule of), within
(provides a maximum time frame)
Важной чертой ряда временных предлогов является то, что их нельзя
употреблять в паре, в то время как другие временные предлоги легко
употребляются внутри одного предложения.
Рассмотрим следующий пример:
Sue hasn’t working on the letter by 10 p.m.
Charles had sent me electronic mail within the last 10 minutes until 10 p.m.
Конструкция из первого примера кажется вполне правильной, в то
время как конструкция из второго примера воспринимается говорящими как
неверная, противоречащая не только нормам языка, но и логике.