2019年7月17日 · As early as 2000 XXX was developed. In 2001 developers discovered a new method. etc. If however a development in the year 2000 is being contrasted with an event or events that happend later but still in the past -- i.e the main time reference is after 2000 -- then you would usually use the past perfect.

"I will be back early January" is an ellipsis (an omission of a word or phrase) of "I will be back in early January." "I will be back in the early January" is incorrect; perhaps someone was trying to say "I will be back in the beginning of January," which would be correct.

2015年6月4日 · The difference is a bit more outspoken if you substitute week for morning: "Early this week" (or last week, or next week!) means probably Monday or Tuseday. "Earlier this week" means somewhere in the current week, before now.

The saying "Early is on time, on time is late, and late is inexcusable" holds true for musicians . The Instrumentalist (1991) says: Early is on time; on time is late. Letterman's law of private international business (1990) says: in Germany you often hear the old Prussian army maxim, "Five minutes early is on time."

2014年5月26日 · than to use early. I think most of these other possible answers are either a bit too general, or off target in terms of celebration. I prefer: Keep the champagne on ice. It implies there will be celebrating in the near and foreseeable future, but not immediately, so we will continue to keep the bubbly on ice.

2011年9月10日 · After a lot of searching through early American plays, I came across "holla" used as a greeting in the early American drama The Contrast by Royall Tyler. It was written and performed c. 1759, and its setting is contemporaneous New York City, therefore this greeting is probably an example of natural speech.

@ColinFine Tother doesn’t actually show that, because the t doesn’t come from a th at all. It’s a mis-divided form of a much older þet oþer, where þet is the older form of that, used as a neuter definite article.

2021年11月21日 · There was a British TV sitcom called Early Doors about which Wikipedia says: Etymology of show's title The title is a British slang phrase meaning those who arrive earlier than is customary, and was often associated with pub customers who wait for or arrive soon after evening opening, around 5:30 pm.

2014年8月20日 · I just wanted to express the period from when I was born to my recent days until I realized something. I initially put "in my earlier years."

2018年12月18日 · The early bird (the one who wakes up early) is thought to be more prepared because it is able to seize an opportunity (like a worm) before anyone else. This idiom is thoroughly ingrained into English usage as both a noun ( early bird - one who gets up early; an early-riser) and an adjective (like early bird sales , or shopping discounts that ...