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Shanks8532 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Usage of Recently

Hi,

I would be grateful if someone could help me understand how to use " Recently"

Is it natural to describe a person who came home about 1 hour ago, "He came home recently."

Thank you in advance.

Yoshi
  

Top answer

No, not really. 1 hour: He came home a while ago . 10 minutes: He just came home .

— Mister Micawber

  • No, not really.
  • 1 hour: He came home a while ago .
  • 10 minutes: He just came home .
  • Recently refers to greater expanses of time: I saw him on the street recently .
  • (2 days ago) I had my braces removed recently .
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No, not really.

1 hour: He came home a while ago.

10 minutes: He just came home.

Recently refers to greater expanses of time:

I saw him on the street recently. (2 days ago)

I had my braces removed recently. (2 weeks ago)

I went to Spain recently (2 months ago)
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Dear Mister Micawber

Thank you so much for your help with comprehensible examples as always![
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