Mais ils sont venus me dire bonjour "plus tôt"?

Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mais ils sont venus me dire bonjour "plus tôt"?

Why is "Mais ils sont venus me dire bonjour plus tôt" marked wrong in favor of "Mais ils sont venus me dire bonjour toute à l'heure?"

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Freeform Writing Exercise B2

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Dino A.A1Kwiziq community member

I have the same question. My guess is that 'plus tôt' implies a comparison - 'earlier than ....

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Tom A.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I found this discussion quite useful on to how to translate 'earlier' when it means 'earlier on': https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/earlier-on.1060259/

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Drew B. asked:

Mais ils sont venus me dire bonjour "plus tôt"?

Why is "Mais ils sont venus me dire bonjour plus tôt" marked wrong in favor of "Mais ils sont venus me dire bonjour toute à l'heure?"

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