If the use of 'already' in the example is a characteristic of SEE, what can
we make of these sentences from the BNC?
Already in 1610 he was one of "a select number of the Lower House" who met
with the lord treasurer, Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury [q.v.], son
of his father's patron, to discuss impositions. [GTE 65]
Already in 1914 he was exhorting the readers of Poetry (Chicago): [A1B 1208]
Already in 1915 Pound was making this mistake about the rivers, for in "Near
Perigord", which he published in that year, he declares: [A1B 154]
Already in 1922, Wheatley was attacking the conventional view that
internationalism held the key to ending unemployment: [CE7 909]
Already in 1926 ( The New Republic , 30 June) Tate was obliged -- faced with
the aridity in diction and imagery of "The Hollow Men" -- to concede that
"It is possible that he has nothing more to say in poetry". [A1B 1476]
Already in 1928 he was protesting that his own pronouncements at the time of
the Imagist manifesto were tailored to the specific needs of 1914, and
should not be taken as binding fourteen years later. [A1B 1948]
Costas Gabrielatos
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-corpora@lists.uib.no [mailto:owner-corpora@lists.uib.no] On
Behalf Of Nicholas Sanders
Sent: 07 March 2006 20:27
To: corpora@lists.uib.no
Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] Re: 'Standard European English' ?
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...
Nick
--Nicholas J A Sanders _____________________ semiotek
T: +44 [0]7092 153 409 F: +44 [0]8707 059 093
nick@semiotek.org _____________________
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Mar 09 2006 - 15:21:21 MET