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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

sooner/earlier

0The sooner/earlier you finish your homework, the sooner/earlier you get to go out.02br
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00The sooner/earlier we arrive, the more time we have for practice.02br
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00I believe the first sentence requires 'sooner' while the second can take both. But I do not understand why. Could you please explain?02br
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12br 12br 10I believe the first sentence requires 'sooner' while the second can take both. But I do not understand why. 02font 02b 00 0-

— Philip

  • 12br 12br 10I believe the first sentence requires 'sooner' while the second can take both.
  • But I do not understand why.
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10The sooner/earlier you finish your homework, the sooner/earlier you get to go out.12br
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10The sooner/earlier we arrive, the more time we have for practice.12br
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10I believe the first sentence requires 'sooner' while the second can take both. But I do not understan
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0 I agree with Philip. You can use either word in either sentence. Perhaps it's slightly more idiomatic to use 01i00sooner02i00 with the verb 01i00finish02i00, but it doesn't seem to me that it's required.02br
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can we do both of them such a sentence like this:
I left sonner earlier because I have meeting
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I left sooner/earlier because I had a meeting.
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I think you could say so because the sentence just shows that you left sooner than others on an earlier occasion but then this sentence could well be rephrased as "earlier I had left sooner (than others)
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