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All Ready V Already
All Ready V Already
The terms all ready and already sound identical and are sometimes confused.
All ready
The term all ready means completely prepared. It is slightly more emphatic than just
prepared.
Example:
(Most readers would assume Jillian's state of preparedness to be higher than Mark's.)
Of course, like thousands of other nouns and pronouns, the word all (an indefinite pronoun)
can precede ready.
Example:
Is the tent ready? Is Jane ready? Are you ready? Are you all ready?
Already
The word already is an adverb meaning prior to a specified or implied time or as early as
now.
It is already illegal to culture human-animal embryos for more than fourteen days.
When they pulled the shark up in the net it was already dead.
The wild Hepatica Nobilis flowers are already blooming — one month earlier than
last year.
Are you all ready / already for the trip to France this summer? I've paid for my flight all ready
/ already.
ALL READY = READY
Ready can replace all ready but not already. Therefore, try to use just ready. If your sentence
still makes sense, then you are safe to use all ready; otherwise, use already.