May 22, 2015 · sometimes is one of the frequency adverbs that can be placed at the beginning of the sentence, and this is felt more natural by many native speakers, and, in addition, it is an …

Jan 8, 2015 · sometimes toforetime Although some of these adverbs were aforetimes written out as separate words, you should still think of them as single adverbs no matter whether they’re …

Sep 29, 2019 · To be idiomatic, the sentence needs to be more elaborate, as Jim suggests. "They play tennis on Sundays, sometimes at a club and sometimes at the park." "They sometimes go …

Feb 23, 2011 · This implies that it happens sometimes, but it emphasises that there are times when it does not happen. The sentence accent will fall on always. Or you could use "only": …

May 13, 2016 · Sometimes he does it, sometimes she does it. Simple. However, if you say "The shopping sometimes is done by him" it moves the focus onto the word "is", which in turn …

I'm referring to the peculiar habit I sometimes see in formal documents, where a number is given numerically after it's spelled out. It seems quite redundant: I need five (5) kumquats, stat! (Tho...

I initially thought the same thing, but I think it depends on OP's situation. If his software works or doesn't work, e.g. a web server that sometimes fails to return a page, I'd say "flaky" or …

Sep 7, 2011 · The straight dope has an answer to this question printed in 1985. The origins of referring to the outhouse as "john" or "jake" evidently goes back to the 16th-century.

Feb 24, 2011 · Consonant softening (voiceless plosives becoming voiced, etc.) is normal in human language, although it is more likely (or, probably, simply faster to occur) between …

Jan 16, 2015 · Comma "rules" are tricky. Most are best thought of as guidelines than rules. Setting of introductory elements is indeed something that most sets of such rules would say …