[Grammar] not always and unnecessarily

[Checkmate]

"He is not always a bad person."
"He is unnecessarily bad person."

Are both same?

 

[Rover_KE]

Only the first makes sense.

 

[MikeNewYork]

The second would be better as "He is not necessarily a bad person."

 

[tedmc]

He is not necessarily a bad person.

not a teacher

 

[Raymott]

There's no relation between 'always' and 'necessarily' as the original post seems to imply.

 

[Checkmate]

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/necessarily

If you scroll to "necessarily" in other languages, it says that BrE also use "necessarily" to mean "not always".

 

[emsr2d2]

No, it says that we sometimes use "not necessarily" to mean "not always true". That's not the same as "not always".

 

[Checkmate]

No, it says that we sometimes use "not necessarily" to mean "not always true". That's not the same as "not always".

Is it natural to say "I was necessarily a kind person." instead of saying "I used to be a kind person."

 

[riquecohen]

No. They have different meanings. The first tells us that you were a kind person because of some requirement or obligation. The second sentence says that you were a kind person in the past, but no longer are.

 

[emsr2d2]

No. You are, unfortunately, totally misunderstanding the use of "not necessarily". We don't use "necessarily" in the same way at all. I suggest you study the use of "not necessarily" for a few days.

 

[Checkmate]

No. You are, unfortunately, totally misunderstanding the use of "not necessarily". We don't use "necessarily" in the same way at all. I suggest you study the use of "not necessarily" for a few days.

Yeah, I found you guys were using "necessarily" at somewhere else but I couldn't remember.