Afore and Of

Afore

Afore preposition - Earlier than.
Usage example: my father, his father, and even his father afore him farmed this land

Of and afore are semantically related In some cases you can use "Of" instead a preposition "Afore".

Of

Of preposition - Earlier than.
Usage example: it's ten minutes of two right now
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Afore and of are semantically related in dialect topic. Sometimes you can use "Afore" instead a preposition "Of".
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