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Navitasan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

as usual when I am in a hurry

Are these sentences correct with the given meanings:

1-I messed up things, as usual when I am in a hurry.
(MEANING:I messed up things, which is what I usually do when I am in a hurry. NON-RESTRICTIVE)

2-I did everything as usual when I am in a hurry.
(MEANING:I did everything in the same way I do when I am in a hurry. RESTRICTIVE)

I think the comma changes the way in which 'as usual when I am in a hurry' works.
  

Top answer

No, navi, #1 is impossiblly punctuated unless you add 'is': as is usual.... Then it will have the meaning you suggest.

— Mister Micawber

  • No, navi, #1 is impossiblly punctuated unless you add 'is': as is usual....
  • Then it will have the meaning you suggest.
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No, navi, #1 is impossiblly punctuated unless you add 'is': as is usual.... Then it will have the meaning you suggest.
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Thanks a lot Mr. Micawber.

So 2 is correct with the giving meaning?

And could one say:

3-As usual when I am in a hurry, I messed up things.



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Yes and yes, with the proviso that I would probably recast to clarify all the sentences:

1-I messed things up, as I usually do when I am in a hurry.
2-I did everything as I usually do when I am in a hurry.
3-As I usually do when I am in a hurry, I messed things up.
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