"Immediately" we finish this, we'll join you.

[nyota]

Immediately we finish this, we'll join you.

Can you actually use immediately this way?

 

[5jj]

Yes. It is even more immediate than 'as soon as'.

 

[nyota]

Whoa. And I thought it was missing something like 'when'. Immediately when we finish this...

θænks

 

[Coolfootluke]

I am not a teacher.

You cannot put it that way in American English. If you wanted to use the word "immediately", you would have to make it something like, "Immediately after we finish this ...."

 

[nyota]

Ah, this is exactly what was missing to me, not when but after. Couldn't phrase it properly.

Danke schon.

 

[5jj]

Ah, this is exactly what was missing to me, not when but after. Couldn't phrase it properly.

But remember, that's AmE. 'Immediately after' is fine in BrE, but the 'after' is not essential.

Actually, the AmE version is safer, as it's acceptable in both dialects.

 

[nyota]

True, it's safer, but it's good to know immediately is also allowed on its own, even if 'only' in BrE. Earlier I would've just considered it wrong.