By the time and before
What is the different between these sentences? Is it the same meaning/thing ?
I have to send these mails by the time I finish my work.
I have to send these mails before I finish my work.
I need the report by the time the workweek ends.
I need the report before the workweek ends.
Thank you guys
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Hi there!
In the sentences you have given, there is no real difference between 'by the time' and 'before'.
Both of these are being used to express some kind of deadline.
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