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What is the compative and superlative form of word soon?

The word "soon" is an adverb, and adverbs don't have comparative or superlative forms in the same way adjectives do.

Here's why:

* Comparative: "Soon" already implies a relative sense of time. We don't usually say things like "sooner than soon" because "soon" already implies a timeframe that is relatively close.

* Superlative: Similarly, we don't say things like "soonest" because "soon" already implies a time that is close to the present.

To express different degrees of proximity in time, we use phrases like:

* Very soon

* Shortly

* In the near future

* Before long

These phrases convey the desired meaning without using comparative or superlative forms.

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