which is usual/usually

joham · May 21, 2012

Nurse Johnson acted smarter, which is usual/usually.

Are both usual and usually correct as the predicative?

Thank you in advance.

bhaisahab · May 21, 2012

joham said:
Nurse Johnson acted smarter, which is usual/usually.

Are both usual and usually correct as the predicative?

Thank you in advance.

"usual" is correct but it's an unnatural sentence.

joham · May 21, 2012

Many thanks, bhai.

I was reading Bill Bryson's A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING when I came across this construction (I've never seen it before and feel it strange):
When they failed to sink, which was usually, Navy gunners riddled them with bullets to
let water in (and, of course, plutonium, uranium, and strontium out).

bhaisahab · May 21, 2012

joham said:
Many thanks, bhai.

I was reading Bill Bryson's A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING when I came across this construction (I've never seen it before and feel it strange):
When they failed to sink, which was usually, Navy gunners riddled them with bullets to
let water in (and, of course, plutonium, uranium, and strontium out).

That's different, it's "when" that makes the difference. Do you understand now?

5jj · May 21, 2012

Once again, effort wasted because insufficient context was given at the start.

joham · May 21, 2012

bhaisahab said:
That's different, it's "when" that makes the difference. Do you understand now?

Many thanks, bhai. I know what you mean. I've got it.

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