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Kumenglish Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Early or earlier

"Ask them to come early or earlier."

"Ask them to come before the match start"

Please make these sentence correct if any wrong.

  

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" Either 'early' OR 'earlier'. It depends what you're trying to say and whether you're comparing it to another time (so 'come than the other time'). '

— David Hatton

  • " Either 'early' OR 'earlier'.
  • It depends what you're trying to say and whether you're comparing it to another time (so 'come than the other time').
  • '
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kumenglish"Ask them to come early or earlier."

Either 'early' OR 'earlier'. It depends what you're trying to say and whether you're comparing it to another time (so 'come than the other time').

kumenglish"Ask them to come before the match start"

The match is a single thing, so takes the single form of the verb: '

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