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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
to be doing something consistently
Hello,
Does this sentence sound fine: "They were consistently winning the team fights"? Is it not better to say: "They won all the team fights/They won every single team fight"? I am not sure whether consistently fits the first sentence, and if it does, what would it mean to you?
Thank you
Does this sentence sound fine: "They were consistently winning the team fights"? Is it not better to say: "They won all the team fights/They won every single team fight"? I am not sure whether consistently fits the first sentence, and if it does, what would it mean to you?
Thank you
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They consistently won the fights. g. , until last week / (or) when some injuries meant that their luck changed".
- They consistently won the fights.
- g.
- , until last week / (or) when some injuries meant that their luck changed".
- Without such context, you are just reporting an achievement or result in which case you need a simple tense.
- Kind regards, Michael
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They consistently won the fights.
Your problem is not with "consistently" but with the choice of the past continuous without any context which locates the action in time
e.g. "...., until last week / (or) when some injuries meant that their luck changed".
Without such context, you are just reporting an achievement or result in which case you need a simple tense.
Your problem is not with "consistently" but with the choice of the past continuous without any context which locates the action in time
e.g. "...., until last week / (or) when some injuries meant that their luck changed".
Without such context, you are just reporting an achievement or result in which case you need a simple tense.
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What you say is true, but I am not the author. What would "They consistently won the fights" mean to you?
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Ok thanks for clarification. Can you post the whole para please?
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A: I can't believe we lost the game. That's our fourth consecutive loss.
B: Just bad luck, I guess?
A: Everything was great early game, we took a serious advantage, but...
B: We did, but they consistently won all the team fights. That's why we lost.
That's it. It's a conversation between friends. I think "consistently" can be left out. They lost all of the team fights and the
B: Just bad luck, I guess?
A: Everything was great early game, we took a serious advantage, but...
B: We did, but they consistently won all the team fights. That's why we lost.
That's it. It's a conversation between friends. I think "consistently" can be left out. They lost all of the team fights and the
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Thanks. You are right that "consistently" adds nothing to a phrase like "we won every fight".
"Consistently" works well when qualifying another adverb like "poorly", or "well".
e.g. "West Ham have played consistently well against the big name clubs so far this season."
Kind regards, Michael
"Consistently" works well when qualifying another adverb like "poorly", or "well".
e.g. "West Ham have played consistently well against the big name clubs so far this season."
Kind regards, Michael
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