2021-04-19 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – all ready & already

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ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – all ready & already

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ออกเสียง already = ‘awl-RED-ee’

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Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary

WORDS OFTEN CONFUSEDWITH ALREADY

Although already and all ready

are often indistinguishable in speech,

the written forms have distinct meaningsand uses.

The phrase all ready means “entirelyready” or “prepared”

(I was all ready to leave on vacation).

(I was all ready to leave for church).

Already means “previously”

(The plane had already left the airport) or

“so soon” (Is it lunchtime already?).

The phrase all ready means “entirely ready, prepared”:

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

already

= so soon;

= previously:

Oh, but I’ve already eaten.

Not to be confused with:

all ready = everyone is prepared, available, or willing:

We are all ready to go to dinner now.

Collins COBUILD English Usage

already
1. referring to an action

You use already to say that something has happened before now,

or that it has happened sooner than expected.

When referring to an action,

most speakers of British English

use a perfect form with already.

They put already after have, has, or had, or at the end of a clause.

He had already left when I arrived.

I've had tea already,thank you.

Many speakers of AmericanEnglish,

and some speakers of British English,

use the past simple instead of thepresent perfect.

For example,

instead of saying 'I have already met him',

they say 'I already met him' or 'I met him already'.

You already woke up the kids.

I told you already – he's a professor.

2. referring to a situation

Already is also used to say that

a situation exists at an earlier timethan expected.

If there is no auxiliary verb, you put already in front of the verb,

unless the verbis be.

She already knows the answer.

By the middle of June the society already had more than 1000 members.

If the verbis be, you put already after it.

It was already dark.

Tickets are already available online.

If there is an auxiliary verb, you put already after the auxiliaryverb.

This species is already considered endangered.

If there is more than one auxiliaryverb,

you put already after the firstone.

Portable computers can already be plugged into TV sets.

You can put already at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis.

Already the company is three quarters of the way to the target.

The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary

All ready& already

There is a difference in meaning.

Use these exemplar sentences as a guide:

We are ALL (= everyone) READY.

It is ALL (= everything) READY.

She was ALREADY

dead (= by then).