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> their accessibility stack is still lightyears before Android. Don't you mean "ahead of"?

• chrismorgan 7y ago
  That’s what that means, “before” being the opposite of “behind”. It’s just not as common a construction in most English locales as it used to be. It does still get more restricted usage in this sense: when considering the future, “this is what lies before us” wouldn’t sound out of place.
  • curryst 7y ago
    Out of this context, I would assume that "before" is being used as a location instead of a temporal reference. I.e. "this" referring to some kind of object; "the food was laid before us". As a temporal reference, it's definitely valid, but it bears a somewhat highfalutin connotation. It sounds like someone who is trying to wax poetic. Not that I would fault a non-native speaker for using it; it's a very nuanced and probably subjective interpretation.
• mlang23 7y ago
  Yes, "ahead of" probably sounds better. I am not a native speaker.