PS: Take a look at these free English educational resources: Learning class: British Indian Ocean Territory Timeline — Almost and nearly; practically — Collocations with break — Canada Timeline
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nmesomtoChukwuJanuary 2021 Hi 🙂... You can get more information about it here: https://quicksilvertranslate.com/2549/timely-adverb-or-adjective/#:~:text=Merriam%20Webster%20gives%20this%20example,’at%20the%20right%20time’. |
wordspongeJanuary 2021 To do something ”in a timely manner” means to meet your deadline for completion or to complete something in a reasonable amount of time (an amount of time that people generally agree that task takes).
AussieInBgJanuary 2021 The explanation has significant problems - The posted question is all about differentiating between ”timely” and ”in a timely manner”.
Firstly, ”Timely” used as an adjective without collocating with a noun is perfectly correct e.g.
”His arrival had been timely. The meeting would have proceeded without him if he had come 3 minutes later.”
- formal expression with ”timely” used as an adjective (you do know what stative verbs are, don’t you - I hope). This is typical B2 level English, except that they might have inverted part of that sentence. But that would have confused you, so I didn’t do it...
You could replace ”timely” with ”in time” - but that changes the sense to one of being less formal. Also, ”in time” has other meanings and in context can cause confusion if used. In such cases, ”timely” is a better word choice than ”in time”.
Or perhaps you may have learned by rote that ”every word ending in ’ly’ must be an adverb”?
So, ”timely” is a very correct word ”by itself” and has a different meaning to ”in a timely manner”. I’ve already explained exactly what ”in a timely manner” means in my previous post and how it differs significantly from ”timely”...
exRangerJanuary 2021 Marianth -- Your explanation is PERFECT! -exRANGER
AussieInBgDecember 2020 ”timely” - this is an adjective which collocates with a large number of words - including ”manner”. |