MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

On January 16th is Martin Luther King Day.

 

Martin Luther King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil right movement which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law.

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Last & Ago

Ago

Expression of time + ago

1) An expression + ago refers to a finished time, and is normally used with a past tense, not a present perfect.

- I met her six weeks ago.

- I met her a long time ago.

- She phoned a few minutes ago.

- He was watching the television ten minutes ago.

Last

1) Last is used without the article "the". Last week, last month, etc, just before the one in which the words are said or written.

These time expression are normally used with past tenses and without articles and without prepositions.

- I had a cold last week.

- Were you at the meeting last week?

- We bought this car last year.