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Nadya M Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Using "still" and "always" together?

the condition is two people started an action at the same time. When A is done, B is still doing the action. This has happened multiple times, thus I'd like to use "always" on the occasion.

let's just say the action is doing homework.
Is something like "Every time A is done, B is always still doing his homework." correct?
  

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From a purely technical grammatical point of view "always still doing his homework" seems logical, but this is just not said in English. You can't use the combination "always still" or "still always" in English. However, the words "still" and "always" might happen to be juxtaposed in English, but not in the sense you're proposing, for example: I told her I would be there for her, always, still, she would not trust me.

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  • From a purely technical grammatical point of view "always still doing his homework" seems logical, but this is just not said in English.
  • You can't use the combination "always still" or "still always" in English.
  • However, the words "still" and "always" might happen to be juxtaposed in English, but not in the sense you're proposing, for example: I told her I would be there for her, always, still, she would not trust me.
  • I sat there quiet and still, always ready to move quickly at a moment's notice.
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From a purely technical grammatical point of view "always still doing his homework" seems logical, but this is just not said in English. You can't use the combination "always still" or "still always" in English. However, the words "still" and "always" might happen to be juxtaposed in English, but not in the sense you're proposing, for example:

I told her I would be there for her, always
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