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in early vs in the early

Both "in early" and "in the early" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "In the early" is used when referring to a specific time period, while "in early" is used to describe a general time frame without specifying a particular period.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1096 views

in early

This phrase is correct when used to describe a general time frame without specifying a particular period.

This phrase is used to indicate a general time frame, such as "in early spring" or "in early childhood."
  • Parex banka sought State assistance in early November 2008.
  • The chapel was consecrated in early June 1900.
  • Going in early could set Hernan back.
  • Looks like the director's coming in early.
  • Euro area exports rebounded towards the end of last year, and grew strongly again in early 2010.
  • Once those partly temporary factors reverse, in early 2010, GDP growth is expected to moderate again.
  • Those measures expired in early March 2003.
  • Some spotting in early pregnancy is common.
  • The first cases appeared in early summer.
  • The cable they ordered came in early.
  • I usually come in early anyway, so...
  • This trend seems to be confirmed in early 2002.
  • Its activities in Canada were sold in early 2009.
  • The Ombudsman announced that he would carry out a new investigation in early 2009.
  • The European Commission will analyse the results of this consultation and publish its conclusions in early 2009.
  • In the second, involving Portugal, a reasoned opinion was sent in early 2007.
  • And in early 2008, Charles Morris published his book about the impending crisis.
  • The French Secret Service stopped getting intelligence briefings from Boorman in early 2010.
  • An update of this information will be provided to the Honourable Member in early 2009.
  • However the measures became effective in early 2009, as explained by the Icelandic authorities.

Alternatives:

  • early on
  • early in the morning
  • early in the day
  • early in the week
  • early in the year

in the early

This phrase is correct when referring to a specific time period.

This phrase is used when specifying a particular time period, such as "in the early 1900s" or "in the early stages of the project."
  • You attended Blenheim Vale for several years in the early '50s.
  • My story begins during the dot-com crash in the early '90s.
  • The recapitalisation of a commercial bank in the early 1980s.
  • Built his reputation in the early '90s manufacturing false I.D.s for IRA bombers.
  • She left work suddenly in the early afternoon.
  • I did my first work for Marvel in the early '70s.
  • Again, in the early 1930s.
  • So, you go through everything in the early 'introduction' levels.
  • He was so classy in the early years.
  • Frank and Roy were classmates at Pomona College in the early '50s.
  • It was built in the early 1900s.
  • I discovered his music back in the early years of this firm.
  • Went out of business in the early '70s.
  • He worked for the London Missionary Society in the early 19th century.
  • The gods fled Norway in the early 1870s.
  • It was a really interesting period in Melbourne in the early '90s.
  • And this was in the early 1900s.
  • Following a transition recession in the early nineties, the Slovene economy fully restored robust GDP growth averaging nearly 4 % over the last decade.
  • ...who came to power in the early seasons of the fifth century.
  • I first proposed, in the early 1990s, that mycelium is Earth's natural Internet.

Alternatives:

  • in the early days
  • in the early hours
  • in the early part of
  • in the early morning
  • in the early afternoon

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