Should I use at soonest or as soonest? [closed] Soonest is used to say 'as quickly as is reasonable', it is the superlative form of the word of soon (soon -> sooner -> soonest) "As soon as possible" is what you should use: Please let us know as soon as possible (or as early as possible) if you can help us Usage in a response: I don't know for sure, the soonest I can know is later this
idiom requests - The soonest vs My soonest - English Language . . . Telegraph companies (e g , Western Union) charged by the letter, so people would write "soonest" (7 letters) rather than "at the earliest opportunity" (24 letters and 3 spaces) An apocryphal story about the briefest telegraphic correspondence in history has a writer (supposedly Victor Hugo) inquiring about the sales of his new book by sending
What do they mean by saying Let us revert to you soonest regarding. . . ? I've never seen 'Let us revert to you', even though I was brought up in the days of "business English", with terms like 'soonest' and 'instant', and even 'regarding' instead of 'about' Presumably the writer isn't a native speaker
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soonest possible vs as soon as possible - WordReference Forums Where I live, the phrase "soonest possible" is used This phrase is used in addition to "as soon as possible" The phrase means sooner than "as soon as possible" Do native speakers use this phrase in a similar way? Thanks
whichever is lt;soonest gt; lt;sooner gt; - WordReference Forums From February 28th, you will not be able to renew your subscription or start a new subscription All GBR subscribers will have continued access to the app until their next renewal, or until May 31st, whichever is soonest, at which point the app will close (Source: The Economist) Questions: 1 Can I say "whichever is sooner (instead of "soonest
al più presto - WordReference Forums A me personalmente è stato utile avere nel titolo "at the soonest" anche se trattasi di un'espressione non usata o addirittura inventata (italianism) Io avevo proprio problemi con questo "at the soonest", che avevo da qualche parte trovato, e che continuavo a usare senza essere certa della sua corretezza
Ill call you (soonest) - WordReference Forums To confirm that soonest in this sense is telegraphese, here is a quote from John Frook, a former writer for LIFE magazine: Sometime during the spring of 1966 -- it was April, my wife says -- I received a telephone call
Usage of phrase revert back [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
soonest or the soonest? | WordReference Forums Hello everyone, I'd appreciate it if anyone tell me whether I should use 'the' before 'soonest' in the following sentence? Thanks You will receive a reply within one hour (the) soonest If there is any better way to put this, please also let me know Thanks