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ago adverb in the past; earlier.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: originally (as agon) past participle of Anglo-Saxon agan to pass by.

ago

Ago follows the noun it refers to; usually it is followed by that and not since:

It is months ago that I last saw her.

?It is months ago since I last saw her.

RECOMMENDATION: use either since or ago alone:

It is months since I last saw her.

I last saw her months ago.

ago adverb in the past; earlier.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: originally (as agon) past participle of Anglo-Saxon agan to pass by.

ago

Ago follows the noun it refers to; usually it is followed by that and not since:

It is months ago that I last saw her.

?It is months ago since I last saw her.

RECOMMENDATION: use either since or ago alone:

It is months since I last saw her.

I last saw her months ago.

ago adverb in the past; earlier.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: originally (as agon) past participle of Anglo-Saxon agan to pass by.

ago

Ago follows the noun it refers to; usually it is followed by that and not since:

It is months ago that I last saw her.

?It is months ago since I last saw her.

RECOMMENDATION: use either since or ago alone:

It is months since I last saw her.

I last saw her months ago.