My first aim is to get a master’s degree. Afterwards, I would like to go and work in Canada. A police car arrived within minutes and soon after an ambulance came.
A police car arrived within minutes and soon afterwards an ambulance came. After is used instead of afterwards only in informal styles, usually in phrases such as ‘soon after’, ‘not long after’ or ‘just after’. Careful users generally prefer afterwards, especially at the beginning of a sentence: ‘Shortly afterwards it was announced that the bank had collapsed.’ In American English after is often used instead of afterwards. 5
A police car arrived within minutes and soon after an ambulance came.
A police car arrived within minutes and soon afterwards an ambulance came. In informal styles, after is used in phrases such as ‘soon after’, ‘not long after’ and ‘just after’. Careful users prefer afterwards, especially in formal styles: ‘Shortly afterwards it was announced that the bank had collapsed.’ In American English after is often used instead of afterwards . 6
I studied English for 2 years. After that I got a job as a stewardess on an American
airline.
After studying English for 2 years, I got a job as a stewardess on an American airline. We could all meet at my house for lunch. After doing this, we could go to the
beach.
We could all meet at my house for lunch and afterwards we could go to the beach. The meaning ‘then’ can be expressed in a number of ways, e.g.
