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Yohanan Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Of an evening

0 Sorry for the ignorance, but how should I understand the following expression: "she would sit of an evening". I guess this means "all evening" or "a whole evening"? 02br
00Thanks a lot for any help. 02br
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' 02br 02br 00This means: 'she had a habit of sitting in the evening and watching tv'; 'she was accustomed to sit in the evening and watch tv'; 'she used to sit every evening and watch tv'. 02br 02br 00MrP 0-

— MrPedantic

  • ' 02br 02br 00This means: 'she had a habit of sitting in the evening and watching tv'; 'she was accustomed to sit in the evening and watch tv'; 'she used to sit every evening and watch tv'.
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0 Hello Yohanan 02br
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00Let's expand it a little, to bring out the meaning: 02br
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00'She would sit of an evening and watch tv.' 02br
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00This means: 'she had a habit of sitting in the evening and watching tv'; 'she was accustomed to sit in the evening and watch tv'; 'she used to sit every evening and watch tv'. 02br

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0 "every evening"? I thought it meant "occasionally during an evening now and then"! 0-
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0 I'm with Mr. P on this one, Jim. "of an evening" implies something regular. 0-
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0 Got it! Thanks. 0-
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0 Thank you very much Mr. P and abbie, I wonder where this kind of things may be found ? 02br
00"of an eening" for "every evening" or "usually in the evening". 02br
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0 Could it come from "many of an evening"? 0-
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0 I meant : in what kind of sources such phrases may be looked up? 0-
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0 Sorry, Yohanan, it wasn't an answer to your post, more like an idle wondering... 0-
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0No problem. Thank you for the help, also about the garlands of popcorn… 050010id1
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0You're welcome! 050010id1
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