Is this sentence correct ? Before I was going to say something he left .?

Answer 1

No. Before I was going to say something, he left.

Answer 2

"I was going to say something, but he had already left ".or.

"He left before I was able to say something".

Your way is not right. You phrasing makes it sound like he left before you had the thought to say something. But you  still  can be understood.

Source(s): NAtive American English speaker

Answer 3

If the situation was rather hurried, and he departed almost in the middle of a conversation (possibly an angry conversation) then that idea would be expressed as: "He left before I could say  anything". Certainly "...before I was going to say something...." is nowhere near good British English.

Answer 4

“I was going to say something but he left.”

“I was going to say something but he left before I could.”

Answer 5

To my assumption, the pattern should be ..... Before I had gone to say something he left.The sentence is also used another way. I had gone to say something before the left.

Answer 6

It sounds very odd. What it says is that AFTER he left, you started to be going to say something. It wasn't until after he had gone that you thought of saying something.

Answer 7

As it is written there, you need a commar after the word something.

But it would be better if you said ..

Before I could say something, he left.

Answer 8

You must add a comma after "something" in order to make it correct.

Answer 9

Better to start with the subject/action, not a preposition.  Try 'He left before I..."  BTW, you might want to change "something" to a more specific reference.  EX:  He left before I was able to tell him to be home early.

Answer 10

No. 'Before I could say something, he left.'