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Nerdikarp Posted 15 years ago
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"The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something. The people are in Group A, and people in group A lie often/oftenly." Grammar check please

"The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something. The people are in Group A, and people in group A lie often/oftenly."

Couple of questions. Is the present perfect tense "have" used correctly? Is the above sentence grammaratically good? Should 'often' or 'oftenly' be used (Is there any difference)? Lets say more emphasize must be placed on 'often', which style should be used?

Thanks!
  

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Hi, "The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something. " Couple of questions. Is the present perfect tense "have" used correctly?

— Clive

  • Hi, "The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something.
  • " Couple of questions.
  • Is the present perfect tense "have" used correctly?
  • Yes Is the above sentence grammaratically good?
  • Yes Should 'often' or 'oftenly' be used (Is there any difference)?
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Hi,

"The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something. The people are in Group A, and people in Group A lie often/oftenly."

Couple of questions.

Is the present perfect tense "have" used correctly? Yes

Is the above sentence
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Have has been used correctly.

The people are in Group A, and people in group A lie often/oftenly."

This sentence is gramatically incorrect. It should be 'The people in group A often lie.'

Oftenly is not a word.

Lets say more emphasize must be placed on 'often', which style should be used?

This should be 'emphasis'.
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Is this also correct?

"The stories are convincing, but you forgot something. The people are in Group A, and people in Group A lie often/oftenly."

Can 'forgot' be used instead of 'have forgotten'? Is the meaning the same? Cuz I see this so often, and it sounds so right.

Thanks!
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Hi,

In this context, both are OK, but 'have forgotten' is better.

Clive
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"The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something. The people are in Group A, and people in group A lie often/oftenly."

This is wrong. It should be :

"The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something. The people are in Group A, and they lie often."
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'The stories are convincing, but you have forgotten something. The people are in Group A, and people in group A lie often.' also is correct and doesnot sound incorrect to me. I don't think that replacement with 'they' is neccessary.

Regards,

Prajwal
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They is used to refer to something that has already been referred to. hence it is used here. Otherwise, what is the use of they if all sentences can be said like this? I feel that my sentence is definitely better than the other one.
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