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

[Briony Williams]

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