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When, how and where to use over and above

While going through some passages last week, two grammatical constructions caught my attention. They were; “...six months after’ and “An officer over the rank of...” From the two, let us isolate the words ‘after’ and ‘over’ and discuss their usage vis a vis ‘later’ and ‘above’.

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