always
Talking About a Repeated Pattern
Always can present a recurring situation: He always come early. Whether the tone is neutral, admiring or annoyed depends on the words and delivery, not always alone.
How It Works
Always can describe a repeated habit or characteristic situation. He always come early focuses on his recurring early arrivals. An inflected verb is also available; the recurring meaning does not depend on deleting a third-person ending.
A repeated pattern may be praised, criticized or described neutrally. The surrounding words and delivery supply that stance. Always can combine with final one when presenting a characteristic assertion, but one is not compulsory. Avoid treating an everyday generalization as a claim that no exception has ever occurred unless the context clearly demands that strict reading.
Examples (4)
- He always come early.
He regularly arrives early.
- She always remembers my name.
She always remembers my name.
- This lift always crowded in the morning.
This lift is usually very crowded in the morning.
- They always bring extra water.
They routinely bring extra water.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Recognize the underlying action or state before presenting it as a recurring pattern.
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
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