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Marius Hancu - 10 May 2009 20:37 GMT

Hello:

They both seem represented well:

Google Books shows:
199 on "so soon as informed"
620 on "as soon as informed"

however I haven't seen too many of the first. Obsolete?

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[His uncle's disappointed a bit at his showing up late]

It had not occurred to him that I should do otherwise than go straight
up to London, so soon as informed that there was an opportunity to see
him again.

A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 159
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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Jeffrey Turner - 11 May 2009 01:52 GMT

> Hello:
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> however I haven't seen too many of the first. Obsolete?

No. Not remarkable to me. "So soon as" is all you need for that idiom.

--Jeff

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SherLok Merfy - 11 May 2009 03:53 GMT

> Hello:
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> however I haven't seen too many of the first. Obsolete?

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Your second example is more natural to my ears.
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So soon as informed