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Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Soon

Hello everyone,

Is the adverb "soon" correctly used in the following sentence?

- John was faster than Jim and he was soon outside and over the hill.

Kind regards

JA

  

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Sounds a little old-fashioned, though. Might it not sound a little less stilted to write he was "quickly" outside and over the hill?

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