Talk:as soon as

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The sense of preferring one thing over another is sometimes (just) as soon, as shown below. Equinox 19:24, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • 2012, David Westphal, Thy Will Be Done in Me: Living the Lord's Prayer (page 81)
    For many, the discerning of God's will seems like an insurmountable trial or an unpassable test. Rather than complete the exam, they'd just as soon walk away.

Preposition: as soon as[edit]

surely ths is is SoP --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:27, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically[edit]

Is here as early as a good synonym for its definition? why? --Backinstadiums (talk) 14:00, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Early" might misleadingly suggest early in the day (before noon). Equinox 17:17, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]