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- 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
- Where to put sometimes in a negative sentence?
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"
- What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?
43 I sometimes see square brackets used while quoting My assumption is that they are replacing a pronoun with what the object of the pronoun, but I never know for sure because I don't usually get to see what the original quote looks like before the modification What are these called and what are the rules of use?
- When is Y a vowel? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In school we are taught the vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y Today's XKCD got me thinking about when the letter Y is considered to be a vowel I understand (perhaps incorrectly) that in w
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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