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Aim Master's Degree I Work Canada Informal Styles

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Keyword after
Sub Entry Number 5
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence My first aim is to get a master's degree. After I would like to go and work in Canada.
Correct Sentence My first aim is to get a master's degree. Afterwards, I would like to go and work in Canada.
Cloze Error Sentence My first aim is to get a master's degree. [[After]] I would like to go and work in Canada.
Cloze Sentence My first aim is to get a master's degree. [[Afterwards,]] I would like to go and work in Canada.
Cloze Answer Afterwards,
Choices After | Afterwards,
Explanation

After is used instead of afterwards only in informal styles, usually in phrases such as 'soon after', 'not long after' or 'just after'. Careful users generally prefer afterwards, especially at the beginning of a sentence: 'Shortly afterwards it was announced that the bank had collapsed.'

In American English after is often used instead of afterwards .

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