How and when do you use all ready and already in a sentence correctly.
2006-09-07 14:33:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"All ready" functions as an adjective (modifies a noun); "already" is an adverb (modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb).
Example:
I am all ready to go to the party.
I am already at the party.
2006-09-07 16:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by ethereality 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Already is something whose time has passed. If you have several things, most likely people, and you wonder if all of them are ready for whatever it is they are going to do, then you realize that the question should have been asked before now, you say, "Are you all ready, already?"
2006-09-07 14:41:23 · answer #2 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Already means that something happened in the past
All ready refers to a state of being "ready"
2006-09-07 14:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by Bonnie G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
already is something that happen before the present time
All ready means all things ready
2006-09-07 14:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you all ready to go? (spoken to a group)
We're going to the store already? That soon?
2006-09-07 14:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by Jessamyb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
already we were all ready to go on the trip
2006-09-07 14:36:56 · answer #6 · answered by Colin Night 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the children were all ready to go on their trip to disney world. as they each loaded into the car, one of them yelled impatiently, "can we get moving, already?"
2006-09-07 14:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by artmnyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is the classroom all ready already?
2006-09-07 14:38:53 · answer #8 · answered by LiTlE mIsSy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋