Great Plains balance brought forward

Grammar purists will tell you that you should not use the expression “prior to” as a preposition ...

While both mean 'something in front of' (among other things), “prior to” implies that it preceded...

They mean the same thing, but I think "prior to" sounds less casual than "before." Prior to speak...

「prior to」和「before」都是「在…之前」的意思。兩者唯一的不同只在於起源不同。「prior to」起源於拉丁語，而「before」則起源於安格魯薩克遜語。

之前」的意思，基本上跟Before 差不多，而Prior to 通常也能夠跟before互換，不過在大多數情況下，你都應該盡量使用before 而不是使用Prior to。