Soon vs. near future

[Abdurahman]

Test No. incompl/inter-96 "Letter of Complaint (3)", question 10

and they would send someone in the '......... future'.

(a) near
(b) next
(c) soon
(d) coming

Test No. incompl/inter-96 "Letter of Complaint (3)", answer 10

and they would send someone in the 'near future'.

Correct answer: (a) near

Your answer was: incorrect
and they would send someone in the 'soon future'.
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Why expression Soon future doesn't fit in here?

[Torsten]

Soon is an adverb - you can not use it to describe a noun.

Near can be an adjective or a noun - in our case it's used as an adjective describing the noun future.

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