Master confusing words with ease
All ready vs. Already
All ready
/ɔːl ˈrɛdi/Examples:
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Already
/ɔːlˈredi/Examples:
"Her eyes I seem to see already!"That had already been present on the cricket and football fields.He already owed the city treasury five hundred thousand dollars.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Think of all ready as all plus ready, meaning everything or everyone is prepared.
- Already is a single word that often relates to time, implying something happened sooner than expected.
- All ready can be replaced with completely prepared, while already cannot.
- Visualize all ready as a group in preparation, while already is about time progress.
- Check if you need two separate ideas (all + ready) or one word (already) to express your thought.
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