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11-24-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by futurebeast View Post
Isn't it more properly:

「お正月の前に多くの人は料理を作りました。」

I know that お正月の前 can be before or after the subject. Just seemed better somehow.
While that is also correct, it isn't any more proper.

But why change the tense? This is what we do EVERY year.
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