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Northwind Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
'The sooner, the better.
I understand the meaning of 'The sooner, the better.'
I think the following sentences should be correct because 'the sooner, the better' is correct. But I've never seen them.
That sooner, that better.
This sooner, this better.
The soon, the good.
That soon, that good.
This soon, this good.
Are the sentences above correct? If they are, what do they mean?
I think the following sentences should be correct because 'the sooner, the better' is correct. But I've never seen them.
That sooner, that better.
This sooner, this better.
The soon, the good.
That soon, that good.
This soon, this good.
Are the sentences above correct? If they are, what do they mean?
Top answer
Hi Northwind, Your sentences, while very interesting, would not be acceptable in conventional writing. The sooner is a short way of saying The sooner you do this or The sooner you finish this or something similar. With a construction like That sooner or The soon there's no sentence that is easily made from it.
- Hi Northwind, Your sentences, while very interesting, would not be acceptable in conventional writing.
- The sooner is a short way of saying The sooner you do this or The sooner you finish this or something similar.
- With a construction like That sooner or The soon there's no sentence that is easily made from it.
- As far as i know, sooner and better and their equivalents have not been used the way you have them written.
- That is not to say that they couldn't be used that way.
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Hi Northwind,
Your sentences, while very interesting, would not be acceptable in conventional writing.The sooner is a short way of saying The sooner you do this or The sooner you finish this or something similar. With a construction like That sooner or The soon there's no sentence that is easily made from it.
As far as i know, sooner
Your sentences, while very interesting, would not be acceptable in conventional writing.The sooner is a short way of saying The sooner you do this or The sooner you finish this or something similar. With a construction like That sooner or The soon there's no sentence that is easily made from it.
As far as i know, sooner
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Hi Northwind,
Thanks for the kind words. I am happy to share my knowledge and glad when someone appreciates it.
All the best,
TrysB
Thanks for the kind words. I am happy to share my knowledge and glad when someone appreciates it.
All the best,
TrysB
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Sorry. I erased this post (I made this post a different, independent post, 'The sooner, the better. 2' ) because I thouhgt the contents of the question of this post were a little different from my original post.
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