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Frequency adverbs

FREQUENCY ADVERBS LANGUAGE SYSTEMHYDRA / 05

FREQUENCY ADVERBS / MEANING

How often?

A habit is something you do regularly. How often? asks about frequency: how regularly something happens. An adverb such as sometimes adds that information to your sentence.

How often?

SIGNAL ARCHIVE

Go for a walk?

sometimes
neveralways

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POND RIPPLES

One new ripple represents one occurrence.

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sometimes On some occasions, but not all.

IN A SENTENCE

I sometimes go for a walk.

Place the adverb before the main verb: go.

TRY ANOTHER CONTEXT

The animation is a visual comparison, not a percentage or a timetable. Often and usually depend on the situation.

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