komountain  +  171423 Sun, 18 Dec 05 06:24 PM Hi. Is it all right to put the adverbs of frequency together with 'used to'? When young, I sometimes/often/occasionally used to go fishing. Doesn't 'sometimes used to' sound grating? komountain Joined on Mon, Nov 8 2004 Full Member 269 Verbs, Adverbs

	nona the brit  +  171428 Sun, 18 Dec 05 06:41 PM The others are ok but I agree that 'sometimes used to go' sounds nasty! I used to go fishing sometimes, however, sounds ok. Can't explain why.... nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	khoff  +  171452 Sun, 18 Dec 05 07:41 PM "Sometimes I used to..."  also sounds better to me than "I sometimes used to..." khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,278 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

	MrPedantic  +  171537 Mon, 19 Dec 05 12:46 AM How interesting. "I sometimes used to" sounds fine to me. Must get my ears syringed... MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	komountain  +  171563 Mon, 19 Dec 05 02:10 AM Interesting, indeed. I've always thought "I sometimes used to..." is an ugly construction. But I recently gave a twist to my thinking and began to wonder if "sometimes used to ..." was acceptable. Ever since I've been rollercoasting between the suspicion of and support for the validity of the 'twisted' construction. So, as usual, I decided to resort to this forum and posted the question. Now, after reading all the comments above, for which I am grateful, I feel as if the rollercoaster were on a wilder track.  komountain Constructions

	nona the brit  +  171802 Mon, 19 Dec 05 02:59 PM Sorry komountain! I guess some things are just down to individual preferences. nona the brit

	komountain  +  172169 Tue, 20 Dec 05 08:59 AM You don't need to say sorry, nona. You didn't do anything wrong. You had simply offered your well-intentioned ideas. Different people have different opinions. It's even more so when it comes to the usages of languages of any kind.  Merry Christmas! komountain