Is it years ago or years back?

Is it years ago or years back?

Differently from what reported from the Corpus of Contemporary American, “year back” and “years back” are not used in academic contexts. A year ago would be the regular way to say it; a year back is a colloquial way of saying the same.

Is it correct to say some years back?

Both some years ago and some years back are grammatically possible in English (although not in all Englishes). All languages (including all Englishes) are linguistically equal. Using back as a postposition is not wrong. Using back as a postposition is grammatically possible.

Which is correct two years ago or two years back?

We generally say “Two years ago”. Some poorly educated people sometimes say “two years back” but it is not good English.

How do you write years ago?

Originally Answered: An year ago or a year ago, which is correct? It’s ‘a year’. You only use ‘an’ if the next word starts with a vowel sound (a,e,i,o,or u), which is not the same thing as a vowel. So if the word was ‘ear’ rather than ‘year’ you would say ‘an ear’.

What is year ago?

A year ago means one year ago. It’s usually used in an approximate sense similar to like a year ago, but since it doesn’t use the word like, it doesn’t have to be approximate; it can be used in certain contexts to mean exactly one year ago.

How do you use ago and back?

Ago and back (informal) are used for past times from the present moment:

1. I graduated from high school ten years ago. (ten years in the past from today)
2. We sent the package three days ago. (three days in the past from today)
3. I moved here about five years back. (informal – five years in the past from today)

Is a few years ago correct?

They’re totally the same thing. However, a few years back is a colloquial. It’s informal and cannot be written in a formal writing. Also, a few years ago is much more common than “a few years back” phrase.

What does many years ago mean?

Adverb. At a time in the past, especially the distant past. long ago.

Where can you use back and AGO?

Ago and back are used for past times from the present moment. Before is used for past times from another time in the past.

What is another way to say 2 years ago?

history.

antiquity.

yesterday.

yesteryear.

yore.

days gone by.

former times.

good old days.

Is it back or Ago?

Both “ago” and “back” are used for past times from the present moment. Only the difference is we use “ago” to talk about something that happened a certain amount of time before the present moment and We use “back” to talk about a certain period in the past.

How do you write Years correctly?

The international standard recommends writing the date as year, then month, then the day: YYYY-MM-DD. So if both the Australian and American used this, they would both write the date as 2019-02-03. Writing the date this way avoids confusion by placing the year first. Much of Asia uses this form when writing the date.