Re: [Corpora-List] Re: 'Standard European English' ?

From: Briony Williams (b.williams@bangor.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2006 - 13:57:21 MET

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    Nicholas Sanders wrote:
    > Does the panel agree that the use of "already" in the following is an
    > example of SEE?
    >
    > Already in 1976, UNESCO itself mentioned that this practice should
    > only be used where absolutely necessary...

    A more idiomatic phrasing might be:

       As early as 1976, UNESCO itself mentioned.....

    Could this be a direct translation of German "schon"? - it's frequently used
    in this kind of construction, in most cases sentence-initially.

    Regards

    Briony Williams

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