Either and Soon

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Either adverb - In addition to what has been said.

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Soon and either are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soon" instead an adverb "Either".

Soon adverb - By choice or preference.

Usage example: I'd sooner have a cavity filled than suffer through that opera again

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Either and soon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Either" instead an adverb "Soon".

Thing is, Angle didn't like the Guerreros too much either and soon he and Benoit were teaming up against them.

Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
Tonks was either pregnant when she got married, or very soon after, and behaves as though she's aware of the pregnancy as soon as it would have started.

Source: Writers Cannot Do Math
The play Bones by Peter Straughen is made of this trope - although in a fun variant, instead of being annoying, the 'kidnappee' (Reg Kray) is just a dangerous, badass gangster, and something of a Magnificent Bastard who soon has his kidnappers either terrified or practically in love with him.

Source: Pity the Kidnapper

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