a few days later OR after a few days
This is what happened a few days later
This is what happened after a few days
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What's correct to say ??
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a few days later OR after a few days
This is what happened a few days later
This is what happened after a few days
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What's correct to say ??
They are both correct but they mean different things.
This is what happened a few days later.
This means one thing happened - then a few days later something else happened. For example - I gave my book in to the teacher and a few days later she gave it back.
This is what happened after a few days.
This means something kept happening and after a few days something else happened - for example - The weather was hot and after a few days the water had all dried up.
But there a situations when you could use either phrase.
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both of them are correct but the second one sounds better.
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a few days later OR after a few days
This is what happened a few days later
This is what happened after a few days
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What's correct to say ??
Be careful of what tense comes after this phrase. In your examples you would need to say
- after a few days this is what happened.
Or
- after a few days our town was under a meter of water
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Here is the context.
A person stating something.
Then shortly after their predictions turned out to be wrong.
So ,
What would be proper to say ?
This is what happened .. .__________
For example:
Over the weekend Zoe said it was going to rain but there would be no floods in our town. Then a few days later, this happen... (if you are showing someone what happened ie. a picture or video)
Over the weekend Zoe said it was going to rain but there would be no floods in our town. Then a few days later, our town is currently under a meter of water... (if you are telling someone what happened)
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I would say depending on the context of conversation. I would recommend saying "Then a few days later..." for ease, that way if you're showing someone something like a photo on your phone, you can end the sentence with "this happened" while showing them physically. Or if you're not showing something, you could finish the sentence with what happened, for example "I received an invitation in the post".
"Then a few days later, this happened..." Showing what happened
"Then a few days later, I received an invitation in the post." Telling someone what happened
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