Joern Matthias
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Can 'often' only be used in the sense of 'frequently on different/many occasions' like in this example?
'I often fell in love when I was younger.'
What about this example?
'I often fell yesterday when I was skiing.'
or should this sentence read 'I kept falling yesterday when I was skiing.'
Let' suppose I went skiing yesterday and took 2 to 3 breaks inbetween to take a rest and have a hot cup
of tea, could I say then ' I often fell yesterday when I was skiing.' because I am not talking about just
one occasion yesteray but 3 or 4, or is 'yesterday' to small a time span to look at that this way?
What is the case if I use 'quite often'? Could I say then ' I quite often fell yesterday when I was skiing.'?
A big hello from Bavaria
Joern
'I often fell in love when I was younger.'
What about this example?
'I often fell yesterday when I was skiing.'
or should this sentence read 'I kept falling yesterday when I was skiing.'
Let' suppose I went skiing yesterday and took 2 to 3 breaks inbetween to take a rest and have a hot cup
of tea, could I say then ' I often fell yesterday when I was skiing.' because I am not talking about just
one occasion yesteray but 3 or 4, or is 'yesterday' to small a time span to look at that this way?
What is the case if I use 'quite often'? Could I say then ' I quite often fell yesterday when I was skiing.'?
A big hello from Bavaria
Joern