About ago and before?

Question

Can I say "I saw the film ago"

or

" I have seen the film before a month"


I know " a month before" is right ,how bout "before a month" ?

how bout "I saw the film before" ? Is that right?

Answer 1

"I saw the film a while ago."
" I have seen the film within the last month."

Answer 2

"ago" always follows a noun that denotes a time span. It can not be used on its own, as you did, and it cannot be followed by another object/prepositional phrase.
I saw this film a month ago. The sentence is incorrect if you leave out "a month".
"I have seen this film before.", is correct, meaning you saw it already.
"I saw this film before you did"
I saw this film two years before you (did).

I hope that was of some use.

Answer 3

You would not say, "I saw the film ago."

You could say, "I saw the film a month ago."

You would not say "I have seen the film before a month."


The best way is to say, I saw the film a month ago."
(That is more proper than "a month before".)

Answer 4

the "month" hasn't happened, so you say before February, June etc. Say I saw the film before, more accurately I've seen the film before. Give the name of the month, and your sentence makes grammatical sense. Just say "I saw the film in April" . "I have seen the film (in April)", not "before a month".

Answer 5

You can say: "I saw the film a while ago."
or I have seen the film a month before.

" before a month", totally expresses a different meaning.

Answer 6

"Ago" is a word which never stands on its own. It always has to be with a word meaning "time" in some shape or form. A long time ago, six months ago, etc. "I saw the film some time ago" would be fine.

"A month before" is not entirely right on its own. "I saw the film a month before I met you" would be good."The month before" would be good too. "I saw the film the month before I met you", for example. "The month before" should be used to begin sentences rather than "a month before". "The month before, he had begun to write his novel." When you start with "a month before" you usually expect some explanatory words afterwards. "A month before he had broken his leg, he had been competing in a race."

"Before a month" is definitely wrong in English. If you know German or Dutch, this might be the reason why you want to say it, but in English it doesn't work.