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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

earlier today

Reading newspaper articles, I sometimes run into a phrase like these, "earlier today," "earlier Monday," etc.
Are they simply "today" and "last Monday," recpectively?
Or, "early hours of that day?"
Examples;
"ealier today": http://www.facebook.com/facebook/posts/124336834321796
"earlier Monday"(9th paragraph): http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7954558/witness-says-saw-roger-clemens-1998-jose-canseco-party

Thank you!
  

Top answer

Hello, JUne06—and welcome to English Forums. 'Earlier' means before the time of the writing. If I write at 9 PM that I had a beer earlier today, that could have happened at 6 PM.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, JUne06—and welcome to English Forums.
  • 'Earlier' means before the time of the writing.
  • If I write at 9 PM that I had a beer earlier today, that could have happened at 6 PM.
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Hello, JUne06—and welcome to English Forums.

'Earlier' means before the time of the writing. If I write at 9 PM that I had a beer earlier today, that could have happened at 6 PM.
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So, it doesn't have to be "on the morning of that day!"
Thank you very much. Very helpful, Mister Micawber!
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