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dido4
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 Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: sometimes |
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There are many positions that sometimes can be put in a sentence.
1.Sometimes she does her homework in the morning.
2.She does her homework in the morning sometimes.
3.She sometimes does her homework in the morning.
Q1: Is the position sometimes right in the sentence?If not, how to use?
She doesn't sometimes do her homework in the morning.
Q2: Do the following sentences mean the same?
1.She sometimes doesn't do her homework in the morning.
2.She seldom does her homework in the morning.
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Q1: Is the position sometimes right in the sentence?If not, how to use?
She doesn't sometimes do her homework in the morning. |
It is not a wrong position for the adverbial, though that is not where people would usually put it. We will generally hear it sentence-initially/finally or next to the subject.
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Q2: Do the following sentences mean the same?
1.She sometimes doesn't do her homework in the morning.
2.She seldom does her homework in the morning. |
The two do not mean the same thing.
The first sentence means that she usually does her homework in the morning, but she misses it sometimes.
The second one means she usually does not do her homework in the morning, barring rare exceptions. |
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