Confusing English Words – early / soon

بسیاری از کلمات وجود دارند که معنی یکسانی دارند، اما در واقع تعاریف و کاربردهای مختلفی دارند. شما می خواهید درست صحبت کنید و از به کار بردن کلمات نادرست خودداری کنید، اما در مورد معنی دقیق و کاربرد هر کلمه کاملا مطمئن نیستید. بعضی از زبان آموزان حتی به دلیل تردیدهایشان از به کار بردن کلمات خودداری می کنند! هدف ما در این سری از پست ها روشن کردن رایج ترین کلمات گیج کننده در انگلیسی است.

early / soon

.The word soon means a short time after now, a short time in the future

.If right now it is April, and Harry will graduate from college in May, then he’ll be graduating from college soon .If it’s 5:30 and I will be home at 6:00, then I will get home from work soon

:The word early has two meanings

Near the beginning of a particular period of time

I’ll be traveling early next month. (= between the 1st and the 10th of the month) She gets up very early in the morning. (= probably around 5 AM) Early in his career, he worked at Microsoft. (= in the beginning of his career)

Before the expected time

.If most people graduate after 4 years, but Harry did intensive study and will graduate after 3 years, then he will graduate early .If I normally get home from work at 6:00 PM but today I’m coming home at 3:00 PM, then I’m coming home early .If a project must be completed by December 31 but I complete it by December 15, then I have finished it early