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Does “as soon as” imply simultaneity?
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Someone has told me recently that "A as soon as B" does not imply that B will be complete before A starts, but rather that both events will take place at the same time. Example:
He will speak as soon as he finishes eating.
I have always understood that the subject will start to speak right after he finishes eating. According to what I have heard recently, the subject will start to speak while he finishes eating. Which one is the correct meaning?
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Someone has told me recently that "A as soon as B" does not imply that B will be complete before A starts, but rather that both events will take place at the same time. Example:
He will speak as soon as he finishes eating.
I have always understood that the subject will start to speak right after he finishes eating. According to what I have heard recently, the subject will start to speak while he finishes eating. Which one is the correct meaning?
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Note the idiomatic (colloquial) usage They'd have killed him as soon as look at him, where it means killing him would be no more "significant, important" than looking at him (they think of both as equally trivial things to do).
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Not simultaneously, but without delay.
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Someone has told me recently that "A as soon as B" does not imply that B will be complete before A starts, but rather that both events will take place at the same time. Example:
He will speak as soon as he finishes eating.
I have always understood that the subject will start to speak right after he finishes eating. According to what I have heard recently, the subject will start to speak while he finishes eating. Which one is the correct meaning?
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Someone has told me recently that "A as soon as B" does not imply that B will be complete before A starts, but rather that both events will take place at the same time. Example:
He will speak as soon as he finishes eating.
I have always understood that the subject will start to speak right after he finishes eating. According to what I have heard recently, the subject will start to speak while he finishes eating. Which one is the correct meaning?
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Note the idiomatic (colloquial) usage They'd have killed him as soon as look at him, where it means killing him would be no more "significant, important" than looking at him (they think of both as equally trivial things to do).
– FumbleFingers
8 hours ago
Not simultaneously, but without delay.
– Anton Sherwood
6 hours ago
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Note the idiomatic (colloquial) usage They'd have killed him as soon as look at him, where it means killing him would be no more "significant, important" than looking at him (they think of both as equally trivial things to do).
– FumbleFingers
8 hours ago
Not simultaneously, but without delay.
– Anton Sherwood
6 hours ago
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Note the idiomatic (colloquial) usage They'd have killed him as soon as look at him, where it means killing him would be no more "significant, important" than looking at him (they think of both as equally trivial things to do).
– FumbleFingers
8 hours ago
Note the idiomatic (colloquial) usage They'd have killed him as soon as look at him, where it means killing him would be no more "significant, important" than looking at him (they think of both as equally trivial things to do).
– FumbleFingers
8 hours ago
Not simultaneously, but without delay.
– Anton Sherwood
6 hours ago
Not simultaneously, but without delay.
– Anton Sherwood
6 hours ago
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Where I come from, "A as soon as B" means "A immediately after B" (not during B).
Examples:
We will inform you as soon as we have the information.
I'll be able to leave as soon as my car is fixed.
Add the noodles as soon as the water starts to boil.
They will continue the work as soon as the power comes back on.
This would apply especially to your case where B has the word "finish" in it.
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This depends on context.
He will do B as soon as he finishes A.
(as in the example) should mean that B will start right after A ends. However
He will do B as soon as A occurs.
may mean that B will be started more or less right after A is started. It depends on the nature of A, and of any qualifing words used.
He will call you as soon as he goes on his trip.
may mean that he will call from car or airport by cellphone, or that he will call once he arrives at his destination.
He will call you as soon as he leaves on his trip.
should mean that he will call while enroute.
Also, people are sometimes less than precise with their wording, or do not act exactly as they have said they plan to. It may be risky to assume precise timing without quite explicitly confirming the planned sequence.
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It does not. This always means A will happen when B is completed.
If A or B talk about a "spawning process", then that's where some complexity could happen.
I will eat as soon as Jane starts talking.
Jane will be talking while I eat. Technically, though, the event called "starting talking" has been completed - the moment after she starts talking, she is now "continuing talking."
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Where I come from, "A as soon as B" means "A immediately after B" (not during B).
Examples:
We will inform you as soon as we have the information.
I'll be able to leave as soon as my car is fixed.
Add the noodles as soon as the water starts to boil.
They will continue the work as soon as the power comes back on.
This would apply especially to your case where B has the word "finish" in it.
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Where I come from, "A as soon as B" means "A immediately after B" (not during B).
Examples:
We will inform you as soon as we have the information.
I'll be able to leave as soon as my car is fixed.
Add the noodles as soon as the water starts to boil.
They will continue the work as soon as the power comes back on.
This would apply especially to your case where B has the word "finish" in it.
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Where I come from, "A as soon as B" means "A immediately after B" (not during B).
Examples:
We will inform you as soon as we have the information.
I'll be able to leave as soon as my car is fixed.
Add the noodles as soon as the water starts to boil.
They will continue the work as soon as the power comes back on.
This would apply especially to your case where B has the word "finish" in it.
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Lorel C.Lorel C.
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Where I come from, "A as soon as B" means "A immediately after B" (not during B).
Examples:
We will inform you as soon as we have the information.
I'll be able to leave as soon as my car is fixed.
Add the noodles as soon as the water starts to boil.
They will continue the work as soon as the power comes back on.
This would apply especially to your case where B has the word "finish" in it.
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This depends on context.
He will do B as soon as he finishes A.
(as in the example) should mean that B will start right after A ends. However
He will do B as soon as A occurs.
may mean that B will be started more or less right after A is started. It depends on the nature of A, and of any qualifing words used.
He will call you as soon as he goes on his trip.
may mean that he will call from car or airport by cellphone, or that he will call once he arrives at his destination.
He will call you as soon as he leaves on his trip.
should mean that he will call while enroute.
Also, people are sometimes less than precise with their wording, or do not act exactly as they have said they plan to. It may be risky to assume precise timing without quite explicitly confirming the planned sequence.
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This depends on context.
He will do B as soon as he finishes A.
(as in the example) should mean that B will start right after A ends. However
He will do B as soon as A occurs.
may mean that B will be started more or less right after A is started. It depends on the nature of A, and of any qualifing words used.
He will call you as soon as he goes on his trip.
may mean that he will call from car or airport by cellphone, or that he will call once he arrives at his destination.
He will call you as soon as he leaves on his trip.
should mean that he will call while enroute.
Also, people are sometimes less than precise with their wording, or do not act exactly as they have said they plan to. It may be risky to assume precise timing without quite explicitly confirming the planned sequence.
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This depends on context.
He will do B as soon as he finishes A.
(as in the example) should mean that B will start right after A ends. However
He will do B as soon as A occurs.
may mean that B will be started more or less right after A is started. It depends on the nature of A, and of any qualifing words used.
He will call you as soon as he goes on his trip.
may mean that he will call from car or airport by cellphone, or that he will call once he arrives at his destination.
He will call you as soon as he leaves on his trip.
should mean that he will call while enroute.
Also, people are sometimes less than precise with their wording, or do not act exactly as they have said they plan to. It may be risky to assume precise timing without quite explicitly confirming the planned sequence.
answered 8 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
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This depends on context.
He will do B as soon as he finishes A.
(as in the example) should mean that B will start right after A ends. However
He will do B as soon as A occurs.
may mean that B will be started more or less right after A is started. It depends on the nature of A, and of any qualifing words used.
He will call you as soon as he goes on his trip.
may mean that he will call from car or airport by cellphone, or that he will call once he arrives at his destination.
He will call you as soon as he leaves on his trip.
should mean that he will call while enroute.
Also, people are sometimes less than precise with their wording, or do not act exactly as they have said they plan to. It may be risky to assume precise timing without quite explicitly confirming the planned sequence.
answered 8 hours ago
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It does not. This always means A will happen when B is completed.
If A or B talk about a "spawning process", then that's where some complexity could happen.
I will eat as soon as Jane starts talking.
Jane will be talking while I eat. Technically, though, the event called "starting talking" has been completed - the moment after she starts talking, she is now "continuing talking."
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It does not. This always means A will happen when B is completed.
If A or B talk about a "spawning process", then that's where some complexity could happen.
I will eat as soon as Jane starts talking.
Jane will be talking while I eat. Technically, though, the event called "starting talking" has been completed - the moment after she starts talking, she is now "continuing talking."
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It does not. This always means A will happen when B is completed.
If A or B talk about a "spawning process", then that's where some complexity could happen.
I will eat as soon as Jane starts talking.
Jane will be talking while I eat. Technically, though, the event called "starting talking" has been completed - the moment after she starts talking, she is now "continuing talking."
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It does not. This always means A will happen when B is completed.
If A or B talk about a "spawning process", then that's where some complexity could happen.
I will eat as soon as Jane starts talking.
Jane will be talking while I eat. Technically, though, the event called "starting talking" has been completed - the moment after she starts talking, she is now "continuing talking."
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Note the idiomatic (colloquial) usage They'd have killed him as soon as look at him, where it means killing him would be no more "significant, important" than looking at him (they think of both as equally trivial things to do).
– FumbleFingers
8 hours ago
Not simultaneously, but without delay.
– Anton Sherwood
6 hours ago