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I have the same reaction as you do, Taka. "earlier" has the implicit comparison "earlier than you actually did"; "before" does not. "before" leaves me asking "before what?"
Changing to "later /"after":
I have no time to do it now; I'll do it
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Hi, this is just a cut & paste job from various internet resources:
1 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
2 The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
3 Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
4 The Concise Oxford
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