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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
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Re: British Accents

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00A friend of mine is an English. He told me that 'seldom' is rarely used in England. He said he would use 'never' or not so often' to replace. Is it true?02br
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00simon0-
  

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02br 02br 00He is right in that it is seldom used in informal situations or speech. 0-

  • 02br 02br 00He is right in that it is seldom used in informal situations or speech.
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0Seldom doesn't mean the same thing as 'never' so it is not an adequate substitution.02br
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00He is right in that it is seldom used in informal situations or speech. I'd probably say 'not very often' or 'only occassionally' in most informal situations.0-

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