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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Previously or previous

There I was, sitting in my room, when, without warning, my previously untrammelled self was subsumed by a terrible assemblage of emotion.

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Do you want to talk about an abstract "past self" as another figure who was untrammeled? Or do you want to talk about how, in the past, you personally were "untrammeled"? For the former, use "previous", and for the latter, use "previously".

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  • Do you want to talk about an abstract "past self" as another figure who was untrammeled?
  • Or do you want to talk about how, in the past, you personally were "untrammeled"?
  • For the former, use "previous", and for the latter, use "previously".
  • Hope that's clear.
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Do you want to talk about an abstract "past self" as another figure who was untrammeled? Or do you want to talk about how, in the past, you personally were "untrammeled"?

For the former, use "previous", and for the latter, use "previously".

Hope that's clear.
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