i will visit him by early next week or i will visit him by earlier next week?

Could anyone do the favor of sharing their thoughts on the following?

Which is correct? -

"I will visit him by earlier next week"

or

"I will visit him by early next week".

which is I need to visit him the beginning of next week, so can I use earlier next week/early next week to refer to 'the beginning of next week'? or are there other expressions? I believe the context is self-explanatory ..it has no different meaning in the backdrop.

Thanks

Solution 1:

Your first sentence is ungrammatical. An example using a comparative is

I will visit him earlier than next week.

which means you will visit him this week.

The second sentence is grammatical

I will visit him by early next week.

but it means you will visit him sometime between now and (say) Tuesday.

To say that you will visit him at the beginning of next week:

I will visit him early next week.