In and Ago

So let’s get started with in a go.

One of the most common issues that I’ve seen with English learners is mixing up in and go with after AND before and later we can’t get these mixed up.

We use in and go in one type of situation and the others in a different one.

So let’s just be very clear about how we use it and to go.

So this is our timeline.

It’s called Is Our timeline and this is now the present this moment if we’re talking about something from now then we should use in if it’s in the future and to go for the past.

So this way the future we’ll use in again.

This is from now from now we can’t say for example we can’t say after 10 minutes.

And that means from now 10 minutes we need to say in 10 minutes in the past we use a go from now.

We can’t say 10 minutes before.

Now we can’t say that we have to say 10 minutes ago.

It doesn’t matter how much time it is it can be 100 years 50 years a week a month 10 months a minute a second doesn’t matter from now.

OK.

Some examples some examples.

The plane plane will land in 10.

I’m just going to write the abbreviation M I N S 10 minutes.

OK.

My plane my plane left ten minutes ago.

OK so the first one the plane will leave in 10 minutes or will land and 10 minutes sorry the plane will land in 10 minutes means I’m sitting here waiting.

The plane is going to in the future from now 10 minutes my plane left 10 minutes ago that means I’m late.

I ran to the airport and it didn’t make it.

I’m late for my plane I’m late for my flight because it left 10 minutes ago.

OK.

Again that’s from now.

That’s from now in 15 years.

I hope to be living in Sweden.

OK Sweden.

I don’t know why Sweden.

Who knows.

In 15 years I hope to be living in Sweden.

OK.

So that’s in the future maybe this is 2015 and this is 2030 from now if it’s 2015.

Actually it’s not from now 30 15 years to 2030.

It’s very important that it’s from now.

Doesn’t matter how much time it is.

Doesn’t matter.

OK.

I was living in Ohio four years ago.

I was living in Ohio four years ago.

So from now if we go back one two three four years.

Where was I Ohio.

I was living there.

OK actually that’s also not true.

Just examples.

I hope that’s clear in the future from now.

Go to the past.

From now.