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Mowgli Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
as usually?
Hello,
I would like to know if it is in general possible to use "as usually"?
I have this sentence: "He was late, as usual."
I wouldn´t use usually here, but I would like to know why it is necessary to say usual.
Is it because of the connection with as or because of the sentence in front of this expression (he was late)?
Thank you Mowgli
I would like to know if it is in general possible to use "as usually"?
I have this sentence: "He was late, as usual."
I wouldn´t use usually here, but I would like to know why it is necessary to say usual.
Is it because of the connection with as or because of the sentence in front of this expression (he was late)?
Thank you Mowgli
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I suppose that it is because the complete expression is "as it is usual". Sextus Edit: I mean, "as usual" certainly derives from "as it is usual".
- I suppose that it is because the complete expression is "as it is usual".
- Sextus Edit: I mean, "as usual" certainly derives from "as it is usual".
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I suppose that it is because the complete expression is "as it is usual".
Sextus
Edit: I mean, "as usual" certainly derives from "as it is usual".
Sextus
Edit: I mean, "as usual" certainly derives from "as it is usual".
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"as usual" is a fixed expression.
Sometimes there isn't a good reason why certain expressions are used. The reason is often lost in history, if there ever was one.
CJ
Sometimes there isn't a good reason why certain expressions are used. The reason is often lost in history, if there ever was one.
CJ
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But, CJ, don't you think that it may derive from "as it is usual"? At least it seems plausible, doesn't it?
Sextus
Sextus
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Absolutely! It is very plausible. It is even very probable.
But then again, if the standard expression turned out, for historical reasons, to be "as usually", we could easily say that the reason we use "as usually" is that it derives from "(He was late) as (he) usually (is)". So whatever the expression in question, we can be imaginative and postulate a possible line of derivatio
But then again, if the standard expression turned out, for historical reasons, to be "as usually", we could easily say that the reason we use "as usually" is that it derives from "(He was late) as (he) usually (is)". So whatever the expression in question, we can be imaginative and postulate a possible line of derivatio
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I think that one could say that the expression is "as usual" and not "as usually" because "as it is usual", unlike "as I/you/he/she/etc. usually is/are", is the same expression for all the cases. However, this could also be the case with "as it usually occurs/happens". Hence, it seems that you're entirely right.
Sextus
Sextus
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For whomever might still be concerned with this. I think the above examples are great, because they point out the main difference between "as usual", the adjective (He is late, as usual.") and "as usually", the adverb ("As I/you/he/she usually am/are/is"). And adjective accompanies a noun (i.e. "his - usual - habit of being late") to form noun phrase while an adverb accompanies a verb (i.e. "usual
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