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How do you use the word already correctly?
Already used with the present perfect means ‘before now’. We use it to emphasise that something happened before something else or earlier than expected. I’ve already spent my salary and it’s two weeks before payday. He wanted to see Sudden Risk but I’ve already seen it.
Where do you put already in a question?
We can place “already” at the end of a sentence for more emphasis or to show more surprise. This is more common in questions and in informal speech. We raise our voice a bit more than usual at the end of the question on the word “already” in order to express the feeling of surprise.
Were already submitted meaning?
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. When told that the accurate time was already submitted, he replied in an e-mail cited in the order: “This could get me into trouble.
Should already be or should be already?
You’re right, there is a tense problem. “Should already have exist” should be “should already have existed.” This is the past progressive (or past continuous) tense combined with a modal verb “should.” The auxiliary “have” cannot be combined with the present tense form of a verb: it always takes a past participle.
Can we use then with if?
Conditional sentences are statements of an “if-then” or “unless-then” situation (although “then” is not used), or a probability. These sentences present situations and their possible outcomes.
Was already done or is already done?
It is already done focuses more the current state of affairs (the exercise in its “done” form); It has already been done focuses more on the result of an action and its effect in present time (the exercise in its “done” form).
When do you use ” already ” in a question?
Students: We have free audio pronunciation exercises. Whereas still and yet normally refer to present and future circumstances, already normally refers to something that is in the present or recent past. It is mainly used in questions and affirmative sentences and usually expresses surprise that something has happened sooner than expected.
When do you use the word already in a sentence?
Whereas still and yet normally refer to present and future circumstances, already normally refers to something that is in the present or recent past. It is mainly used in questions and affirmative sentences and usually expresses surprise that something has happened sooner than expected. When do you expect Polly to arrive?
Can a never heard already be used in a question?
Each case must be judged individually. I see nothing wrong with your examples – and I never heard already should only be used to express surprise in questions! Your first source says that already usually expresses surprise; it doesn’t say it always expresses surprise.
When to use already with the present perfect?
Already used with the present perfect means ‘before now’. We use it to emphasise that something happened before something else or earlier than expected. I’ve already spent my salary and it’s two weeks before payday. He wanted to see Sudden Risk but I’ve already seen it.