"soon before"?

[Wilson Gray]

On May 18, 2005, at 5:57 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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> Come on. You all wake up soon?
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Well, FWIW, blues singers typically show a tendency both to get up and
to leave "soon in the morning."

-Wilson

>> On May 18, 2005, at 4:20 PM, sagehen wrote:
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>>> Seymour Hersh in  /Chain of Command/ on pp. 355-6 writes:
>>> "....security official said in an interview _soon before_ the
>>> transfer
>>> of
>>> sovereignty that..."  [my emphasis].
>>> This looks & sounds very odd to me;  I would expect _shortly
>>> before_here.
>>> A. Murie
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>> You have my vote!
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>> -Wilson
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