[Corpora-List] Re: 'Standard European English' ?

[Martin Kay]

I find the sentence entirely natural and one I could easily use.  But  
I am only a native speaker and not a corpus.

--Martin

On Mar 8, 2006, at 4:57 AM, Briony Williams wrote:

> Nicholas Sanders wrote:
>> 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...
>
> A more idiomatic phrasing might be:
>
>   As early as 1976, UNESCO itself mentioned.....
>
> Could this be a direct translation of German "schon"? - it's  
> frequently used in this kind of construction, in most cases  
> sentence-initially.
>
> Regards
>
> Briony Williams
>