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I read this from the book Oxford Grammar that the preposotion before doesn't normally come at the end.

Example:

There's a meeting at twelve, before which we need to talk to Lonnie. (NOT ... which we need to talk to Lonnie before)

The example above makes me think, what about the phrase that is usually used i.e. As I said before? Will it be grammatically correct should it be written as Before which as I said?

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  • Is it ok to use 'before' at the end of a sentence?
    – 41686d6564
    Commented Mar 15, 2022 at 3:00
  • @41686d6564 it's different. My main discussion here js preposition. I couldn't find the information I need in that link. Thanks, however, for the link.
    – user516076
    Commented Mar 15, 2022 at 3:05
  • I'm not sure I get how it's different. How is this answer (or this one) any different from the answer you just accepted?
    – 41686d6564
    Commented Mar 15, 2022 at 3:08
  • "Before which as I said" is referring to something else, in the way that you said before, like "before this other thing, like I said before". You would only use it like "The main event is at 9, before which, as I said, there will be a number of opening acts."
    – stangdon
    Commented Mar 15, 2022 at 11:57

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'As I said before' is correct. Here before has the generic sense of 'earlier than now', rather than the specific sense of 'before another event'.

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