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Hi, my friends,
I have a question about the usage of "previously" in the following sentence.
- These kids made lots of noise previously when I needed concentration.
Are you happy with this usage of "previously"? To me, it sounds awkward. I would use "earlier" instead. I would also reword the sentence as follows:
Previously, these kids made a lot of noise when I needed to concentrate.
What do you think>
Thank you. :-)
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Are you happy with this usage of "previously"? No, I'm not happy about it, nor about 'needed concentration'. Although there are many other ways to write it, I think I might recast it thus: Earlier — when I needed to concentrate — the kids had been making a lot of noise.
- Are you happy with this usage of "previously"?
- No, I'm not happy about it, nor about 'needed concentration'.
- Although there are many other ways to write it, I think I might recast it thus: Earlier — when I needed to concentrate — the kids had been making a lot of noise.
- Or The kids were making a lot of noise while I was trying to concentrate.
- CJ
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anonymous- These kids made lots of noise previously when I needed concentration.Are you happy with this usage of "previously"?
No, I'm not happy about it, nor about 'needed concentration'. Although there are many other ways to write it, I think I might recast it thus:
Earlier — when I needed to concentrate — the kids had been making a lot of noise
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