@fluencyinenglish · Post #7285 · 2019/08/09 08:53
#grammar #soon #early #quickly @fluencyinenglish ❇️Soon, Early and Quickly Soon means ‘a short time after now’. Get well soon. (NOT Get well early.) We will launch a new edition of this book sometime soon. Soon can also mean ‘a short time after then’. It was difficult in the beginning, but I soon got used to it. (NOT It was difficult in the beginning, but I early got used to it.) @fluencyinenglish Early Early means ‘near the beginning of a period of time we are talking about’. Early does not mean soon. Compare: Early this week, I had a strange experience. (NOT Soon this week, I had a strange experience.) He had an accident early this month. He will soon have an accident if he continues to drive like this. (NOT He will early have an accident…) I get up early in the morning. (NOT I get up soon in the morning.) Early can mean ‘before the expected time’. I arrived early. Early can be used as an adjective. We will be grateful for an early reply. @fluencyinenglish Quickly There is a difference between soonand quickly. We use quickly to refer to the speed with which something is done. Soon means ‘before long’. I got dressed quickly. (= I didn’t take a lot of time to get dressed.) @fluencyinenglish