Members help members on grammar, vocab, pronunciation...
Moderator: EC
-
xiangjing
- Member
- Posts: 12
- Joined: Tue May 16, 2006 7:59 am
- Location: china
Post
by xiangjing »
"the sooner the better"but what does it actually means!what it will bring to us!
-
nightingale
- Member
- Posts: 36
- Joined: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:11 am
- Location: Vietnam
Post
by nightingale »
The sooner the better = as soon as possible ( very soon)
-
lemontea
- Member
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:00 pm
- Location: China
Post
by lemontea »
I think, like all 'the adj.-er, the adj.-er' structures, it's like a sentence with an 'if' clause.
It may be read as 'It will be better if you come sooner' or 'You'd better come sooner'.
-
Dixie
- Top Contributor
- Posts: 3836
- Joined: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:08 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: Catalunya
Post
by Dixie »
lemontea wrote:I think, like all 'the adj.-er, the adj.-er' structures, it's like a sentence with an 'if' clause.
It may be read as 'It will be better if you come sooner' or 'You'd better come sooner'.
That's not what they were asking, lemontea ;) "the sooner, the better" is an English expression.
-
lemontea
- Member
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:00 pm
- Location: China
Post
by lemontea »
oh.
sorry
I think too much about grammar... - -
-
xiangjing
- Member
- Posts: 12
- Joined: Tue May 16, 2006 7:59 am
- Location: china
Post
by xiangjing »
thank you for posting. :D
-
Unknownsu
- Top Contributor
- Posts: 721
- Joined: Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:10 am
- Status: Other
- Location: Canada
Post
by Unknownsu »
xiangjing wrote:"the sooner the better"but what does it actually means!what it will bring to us!
This sentence is a polite way of rushing something. Doing it sooner is better but doing it later doesn't necessarily make it bad.