Timeline for How to use months in a sentence? For example: ＂January＂
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| Sep 29, 2020 at 13:52 | vote | accept | Shaun | ||
| Sep 29, 2020 at 13:52 | comment | added | Shaun | @Jack，You gave a very clear answer，thank you ！ | |
| Sep 29, 2020 at 6:36 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | This phrasing is commonly used, and it is done to emphasise what lies between the first 'as' and the second. If we say that something might happen as soon as January, we are emphasising how soon that is. If we say that some pine trees can be as tall as 80 metres, we are emphasising how tall they can be. | |
| Sep 29, 2020 at 6:20 | comment | added | AIQ | Jack, this phrasing sounds quite odd - "as soon as January". Not sure why anyone would choose "as soon as" there instead of "by". | |
| Sep 29, 2020 at 5:00 | history | answered | Jack O'Flaherty | CC BY-SA 4.0 |