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Subject:Re: Already vs. All Ready From:"Wollt, Richard C" <Richard -dot- Wollt -at- UNISYS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:55:25 -0500
Already is a proper word, meaning "by this time." To me "all ready" implies
preparedness, without the time connotations.
Richard Wollt
Unisys
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Subject: Already vs. All Ready
Is "Already" the colloquial version of "All Ready"?
Toni Lee McCreash
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