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Son's homework even i am struggling with this

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Preciosaundostres · 08/12/2019 00:02

My son has homework from his english class .. the question is .
I feel that clara's mibd will change before the december time comes ahead !
Sorry if i sound "thick" but does this mean before december starts or before december ends. Before and ahead in the thesaurus mean the same thing totally confused.com any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

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ferrier · 08/12/2019 00:06

Can you give wider context?
Is this a comprehension passage and if so, from what book?

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Preciosaundostres · 08/12/2019 00:11

No it's not from a book its to figure out the meaning of ahead.
The question is "clara's mind will change before the december time comes ahead so we have to figure out is it before december starts ie 1st ie december ( before ) or throughout december ( ahead ) thats the way im looking at it but it just doesnt make sense in a sentence. Jesus this is mind boggling Hmm

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7salmonswimming · 08/12/2019 00:15

That sentence doesn’t make sense at all Confused

If I had to guess, I’d say they meant “before December comes to a head”, meaning before it ends, ie 31 December.

thaegumathteth · 08/12/2019 00:15

I have a degree in English and that makes no sense!

TheGoldenNotebook · 08/12/2019 00:17

I would say it means before Dec starts.

Aycharow · 08/12/2019 00:20

That sentence is gibberish.

How old is your ds?

Deux · 08/12/2019 00:22

Well if I had to guess and my first thought was it meant on the cusp of December, so just before. End of November if you will. But agree it’s not at all clear.

Saisong · 08/12/2019 00:22

Rubbish question, but if I had to guess I'd say before December ends (comes to a head)

FlaviaAlbia · 08/12/2019 00:22

"Clara's mind will change before the december time comes ahead"

That doesn't make sense at all to me Confused It would make more sense if it said her mind would change ahead of December. What year is your DS in?

Lexplorer · 08/12/2019 00:23

Has 'comes' been inserted erroneously? If so I would say before the begjnning of December. Otherwise I can't understand the sentence!

PanicAndRun · 08/12/2019 00:25

That sentence makes no sense. I'd say it's before December starts.

GlamGiraffe · 08/12/2019 00:26

Is this a question composed by an English teacher??
If it is I think they need to reconsider their choice if subject. This is highly questionable use of the language. It is nonsense and does not make sense.

Bluerussian · 08/12/2019 00:27

I too believe it means before December starts. Strange language, maybe archaic?

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Preciosaundostres · 08/12/2019 00:27

Im in scotland so year 4 he is in. I know i totally agree its a ridiculous way to say a sentence ive asked so many people even the teachers at my work , even they are confused with it. I would agree with before december begins but also before december ends with the ahead. The mind boggles on the 64 thousand dollar question !!!! Thanks so much peeps for the replies Smile

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rosesandcashmere · 08/12/2019 00:27

That means before December comes, so December is 'ahead'

HeronLanyon · 08/12/2019 00:29

Ahead could be swapped for ‘along’ and it would start to make some sense (although what on Earth is ‘the December time’ anyway !?

HeronLanyon · 08/12/2019 00:29

) Grin

GlamGiraffe · 08/12/2019 00:30

It would be before the coming December or December comes. You can't have the december time comes, surely.
And december ahead???

GlamGiraffe · 08/12/2019 00:32

I think you should he writing a query on your sons homework h/w stating these points😁
How old is your child ?

HeronLanyon · 08/12/2019 00:32

Actually I know what the sentence means -
A - This sentence and/or the use of ‘ahead’ means that whoever wrote it does not have English as their first language and has used an online translation service.

SolitaryGrape · 08/12/2019 00:33

Was this sentence composed by someone who’s literally just started learning English as a fifth language? Whether December is beginning or ending is the least of the problems with this sentence. It’s gibberish.

FlaviaAlbia · 08/12/2019 00:34

If I had to guess I'd say before December and that "the December times" is the month of December and "comes ahead" means starts.

But I'd also guess it must be a mad typo by a teacher in a hurry Grin

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Preciosaundostres · 08/12/2019 00:35

December time meaning "december " i think , i know its a really useless way to descrive a month God only knows its the whole wording of it , its driving us all mad !! I think the teacher needs to retrain

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Preciosaundostres · 08/12/2019 00:39

Yeah totally agree "HeronLanyon" shes obviously not clued up very well on english i definately will be inquiring on monday morning before we explode with utter frustration and before my son loses the plot he's 15 and sitting prelims at the moment

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ferrier · 08/12/2019 01:17

Both "the December time" and "comes ahead" are just bad English.
I was hoping it would be a mis-typed quote from a novel.