I find the sentence entirely natural and one I could easily use. But
I am only a native speaker and not a corpus.
--Martin
On Mar 8, 2006, at 4:57 AM, Briony Williams wrote:
> 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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