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What is the difference between soon and at once ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between soon and at once ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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At once is usually a demand and it implies that whatever will happen will happen immediately.
"I want these papers complete at once!"
Soon means there is a little more time to do something or for something to happen.
"Dinner will be done soon."
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At once means at that moment while soon can be a little later.
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- English (US)
At once is usually a demand and it implies that whatever will happen will happen immediately.
"I want these papers complete at once!"
Soon means there is a little more time to do something or for something to happen.
"Dinner will be done soon."
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