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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

We no sooner arrived than vs. No sooner did we arrive than

Hi

Are these equally natural (both in spoken and written English)?

We no sooner arrived than the rain stopped.

No sooner did we arrive than the rain stopped.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Both fine, But more common is simply eg The rain stopped as soon as we arrived.

— Clive

  • Both fine, But more common is simply eg The rain stopped as soon as we arrived.
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Both fine,

But more common is simply eg The rain stopped as soon as we arrived.

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