Conus Lotus,
The post was not for you. Since you have asked, I will try to explain
to you. Posts are relative to the person you are posting to, so I
can understand why you may not get the point I was making.
I was trying to explain why "before 10 years from now" isolates 10
specific years before some action might occur. If you said "after
10 years", it does not isolate any time after 10 years.
If you rent a movie at a movie store, you usually have 2 or 3 days
before you have to return the movie without a late fee. That time
is
set by the store, and you are NOT charged with a late fee if you return the movie
before the due date. If you don't mind paying a late fee, you
could return the movie after the due date. This time is not set,
and you could return the movie 3 days, 4 days, 5 days, etc.... after
the due date and pay a late fee. This time is not isolated,
at
least not until the action of returning the movie is completed.
Then, we can determine how long you had the movie after the due date. However, the
time before the due date is constant. It is still 2 or 3
days. Even if you returned the movie after just 1 night, you still
would have had 1 or 2 more days you could have kept the movie before
being charged with a late fee.