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- Where to put sometimes in a negative sentence?
0 They don't sometimes play tennis at a club on Sundays They sometiems don't play tennis at a club on Sundays So, which sentence is correct? Where should we put frequency adverbs like "sometimes" in a negative sentence?
- writing - Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then numerals . . .
Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then numerals specified as well? [closed] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 3 months ago Modified 12 years, 9 months ago
- phrases - Sometime back or Sometimes back? - English Language . . .
How should I decide between "sometime back" and "sometimes back"? Sometime back I received a call from Mr X Sometimes back I received a call from Mr X Which sentence is corr
- What word should I use for something that fails intermittently?
When something works, but it is unreliable and intermittently goes wrong, what could it be called? I'm actually thinking of computer software In my work we tend to use the word "flakey", but ther
- Order of sometimes relative to the subject of a sentence in the . . .
I have two alternative sentence transformations of this sentence below and, I wonder if it is possible to write the adverb "sometimes" before the subject "the shopping" in the first sentence and, if its grammatically correct as a sentence that is transformed On the other way round, I also would like to know if the second sentence is correct
- Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesnt - English Language Usage . . .
You know, just saying "Sometimes it happens" already tells you that something happens sometimes and other times it doesn't But, sometimes, I need to make very clear that this "something" doesn't happen always
- Would I say I can sometimes. . . or I sometimes can. . .
Sometimes I can spell complicated words without needing the spellchecker! A lot of the time, I'd say that the version you choose will depend on the word you want to emphasize
- etymology - Why is a bathroom sometimes called a john? - English . . .
"John" is sometimes used as slang for a bathroom or a toilet I'm curious, what is the origin of this usage?
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