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Usenet Posted 19 years ago
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Frequently vs. often

Hi,
Can "frequently" and "often" be used as synonyms?
Frequently, if you allow customer time to speak, he will . . . Frequently a customer's concern is one you have already heard from several other customers, but . . .
There's something that disturbs me about using "frequently" here, but I can't articulate what it is.
Thanks,
Jennifer
  

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[nq:1]Hi, Can "frequently" and "often" be used as synonyms? Frequently, if you allow customer time to speak, he will . but .

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  • [nq:1]Hi, Can "frequently" and "often" be used as synonyms?
  • Frequently, if you allow customer time to speak, he will .
  • but .
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  • english, which is a much busier group.
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[nq:1]Hi, Can "frequently" and "often" be used as synonyms? Frequently, if you allow customer time to speak, he will . ... but . . . There's something that disturbs me about using "frequently" here, but I can't articulate what it is.[/nq]
Jennifer Almost everyone who reads alg.english.usage also participates in alt.usage.english, which is a much busier group. There's probably nothing to be gai
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[nq:1]There's something that disturbs me about using "frequently" here, but I can't articulate what it is.[/nq]
In this usage it's pretentious, what Fowler calls a stylish word.

John Varela
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[nq:1]Almost everyone who reads alg.english.usage also participates in alt.usage.english,[/nq]
Not me.
[nq:1]which is a much busier group.[/nq]
With which I couldn't keep up, which is why I'm here instead of there.

John Varela
Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email.
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[nq:2]Almost everyone who reads alg.english.usage also participates in alt.usage.english,[/nq]
[nq:1]Not me.[/nq]
Ditto.
[nq:2]which is a much busier group.[/nq]
[nq:1]With which I couldn't keep up, which is why I'm here instead of there.[/nq]
Ditto, ditto.

Odysseus
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[nq:1]Hi, Can "frequently" and "often" be used as synonyms?[/nq]
Often they can. I see it frequently.
[nq:1]Frequently, if you allow customer time to speak, he will . . . Frequently a customer's concern is one you ... . . There's something that disturbs me about using "frequently" here, but I can't articulate what it is. Thanks, Jennifer[/nq]
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[nq:1]Ditto.[/nq]
Ditto.
[nq:2]With which I couldn't keep up, which is why I'm here instead of there.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ditto, ditto.[/nq]
Ditto, ditto.
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