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1) I can't visit my daughter frequently.
2) I can't visit my daughter usually.
Are they both correct?
Do they mean the same?
Gratefully,
Navi
Top answer
Not the same. For me #2 means that on occasions where you might think of visiting your daughter, something often prevents you. You might use it in a situation where you go to her city but on most of the occasions when you do so, she is not available or you are busy with work.
- Not the same.
- For me #2 means that on occasions where you might think of visiting your daughter, something often prevents you.
- You might use it in a situation where you go to her city but on most of the occasions when you do so, she is not available or you are busy with work.
- The sense is that there are a number of situations where you might visit your daughter, but on most of them you are not able to.
- It conveys the sense of a small fraction out of a larger whole.
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Not the same. For me #2 means that on occasions where you might think of visiting your daughter, something often prevents you. You might use it in a situation where you go to her city but on most of the occasions when you do so, she is not available or you are busy with work.
The sense is that there are a number of situations where you might visit your daughter, but on most of them you a
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