A good paraphrase for "by then" is "before then", not "until then". Here are a few examples to show how these two phrases are used: I'll call you around 9 o'clock. Until then, sweet dreams! I'll call you around 9 o'clock. If you haven't heard from me by then, don't worry. I'll call you around 9 o'clock. By then, I should have all the details ...

2021年7月8日 · Then I went home." This is as opposed to conforming to what has been historically conventional in grammar by writing, cum comma, "I went to the store. Then, I went home."). Basically, it's become increasingly such that whether or not to put a comma after an introductory "then" isn't so much an issue of grammar but an issue of style. That means ...

Then and than have two different grammatical functions:. Then (/ðen/) is an adverb and it is used to express a temporal relationship between two or more events (with the meaning of "next" or "after"), a cause - effect condition (as a synonymous of "as a result"), or to add some more details to a sentence (with the meaning of "in addition" or "moreover") :

2022年5月12日 · Referring to an old name of something by saying "then [old name]" or "the then [old name]" is reasonably common. In my humble opinion it's an awkward phrase and I rarely use it, but there are enough fluent speakers out there who do that I don't think you could legitimately call it wrong or unheard of. But yeah, I'd use more words.

2016年12月4日 · A special court for CBI cases on Monday framed charges against the then chairman and managing director, executive director and senior vice-president of the erstwhile Global Trust Bank and representatives of a private firm in connection with a multi-crore scam. Why is 'the then' used at the same time, and what does that mean?

The word 'then' has many meanings. In some of its meanings, it is perfectly grammatical at the end of a sentence. For instance, from definition 3.b from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary ( here )

2021年5月14日 · From then on is not an idiom as it has its literal meaning (= from that time onwards). That said, "These two boys are always arguing. In my opinion, they need a good little fight. From then on, they will be the best of friends." You have used the phrase correctly.

I agree with Daniel G. "Then" works for me as a conjunction, and "after that" doesn't. But it feels like a marginal case. Combining them, as in: Hey John, first clean your room, then after that complete your homework. Would sound fine to me in conversational speech, as would "and after that," because you're introducing a conjunction.

One thing I'm trying to do when I write 'and then' is work out if I really need 'then'. Often 'and' suffices, and I'm just writing 'then' out of habit. Another option to describe a true causal relationship would be: "Brian stole my phone while I was golfing, so Jacob hit him in the face."

2020年4月28日 · Two dictionaries show "then" as an attributive adjective used without a hyphen. So, "then" in that sense is a word, rather than a prefix. American Heritage Dictionary adj. Being so at that time: the then chairman of the board. Merriam-Webster "then" adj: existing or acting at or belonging to the time mentioned the then secretary of state