A number of languages have a parallel use like this (with 'already'), for
example Polish.
Tadeusz Piotrowski
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-corpora@lists.uib.no
> [mailto:owner-corpora@lists.uib.no] On Behalf Of Briony Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:57 PM
> To: Nicholas Sanders
> Cc: corpora@lists.uib.no
> Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] Re: 'Standard European English' ?
>
> 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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