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Mike2015 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
regular vs usual
Dear all,
What's the difference between regular and usual? Can I use "usual" instead of "regular" here?
In the TV show (how I met your mother)
On a Sunday night, Barney persuades Ted to go to different places than they usually go. They didn't go to their usual hang-out the bar, instead they went to pick up girls in the airport and finally wound up in Philadelphia in the police custody.
Ted: Barney, why do I hang out with you? Why? All I wanted was to have a regular beer at my regular bar with my regular friends in my regular city.
I'd highly appreciate your help beforehand.
What's the difference between regular and usual? Can I use "usual" instead of "regular" here?
In the TV show (how I met your mother)
On a Sunday night, Barney persuades Ted to go to different places than they usually go. They didn't go to their usual hang-out the bar, instead they went to pick up girls in the airport and finally wound up in Philadelphia in the police custody.
Ted: Barney, why do I hang out with you? Why? All I wanted was to have a regular beer at my regular bar with my regular friends in my regular city.
I'd highly appreciate your help beforehand.
Top answer
Regular: A form of 'standard' like every week at 10 pm, like clockwork, a routine; a person who frequently visits a restaurant is considered (by that restaurant) as a 'regular'. Coffee in a standard sized cup. Tea with milk and sugar.
- Regular: A form of 'standard' like every week at 10 pm, like clockwork, a routine; a person who frequently visits a restaurant is considered (by that restaurant) as a 'regular'.
- Coffee in a standard sized cup.
- Tea with milk and sugar.
- Regularly means at a particular place at a regular time; before bed each night; like clockwork at 8 am.
- Usual: Something I'm familiar with; no surprises; standard bill of fare (menu).
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Regular:
A form of 'standard' like every week at 10 pm, like clockwork, a routine; a person who frequently visits a restaurant is considered (by that restaurant) as a 'regular'. Coffee in a standard sized cup. Tea with milk and sugar.
Regularly means at a particular place at a regular time; before bed each night; like clockwork at 8 am.
Usual:
Something I'm familiar with; no
A form of 'standard' like every week at 10 pm, like clockwork, a routine; a person who frequently visits a restaurant is considered (by that restaurant) as a 'regular'. Coffee in a standard sized cup. Tea with milk and sugar.
Regularly means at a particular place at a regular time; before bed each night; like clockwork at 8 am.
Usual:
Something I'm familiar with; no
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Thanks a million sir,
That was such a comprehensive definition.
Very nice!
So, Ted means: the beer that I always drink, the bar that I always go etc. Right?
That was such a comprehensive definition.
Very nice!
So, Ted means: the beer that I always drink, the bar that I always go etc. Right?
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These words have a similar sense, but they are not always interchangeable, and they have different nuances. For example:
"They didn't go to their usual hangout." ("Regular hangout," although it would have the same meaning, does not go well here. "Usual hangout" is almost idiomatic in US English, in this type of situation, and is what fits best here.)
"All I wanted was to have
"They didn't go to their usual hangout." ("Regular hangout," although it would have the same meaning, does not go well here. "Usual hangout" is almost idiomatic in US English, in this type of situation, and is what fits best here.)
"All I wanted was to have
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