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CORRECT USE OF Would Always (Structure)


would always + VERB

Examples:
• You would always take your surfboard with you when you went to the beach

• Would you always take your surfboard with you when you went to the beach?

• You would not always take your surfboard with you when you went to the beach.

SPECIFIC USES

Habit in the Past

Like "used to" and Simple Past, "would always" expresses the idea that something was an old habit which stopped in the past. It says that an action was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now.

Unlike "used to" and Simple Past, *would always* suggests that someone willingly acted that way and sometimes expresses annoyance or amusement at the habit. It also often suggests the habit was extreme.

••• To express the opposite idea, we can say "would never" to indicate that someone never did something in the past, but now they do.


Examples:
• She would always send me strange birthday gifts.

• Sam and Mary would always choose the most exotic vacation destinations

• Uche would not always arrive early to class. She came late once or twice.

• Maureen would always show up at our house without calling first.

• Josephine would not always walk to school.

• Christie would always come late to the meetings.

• John would never pay for drinks when we went out together with our friends.


Remember:
[h1]REFUSING TO DO SOMETHING OR NORMALLY NOT DOING SOMETHING IS ALSO A FORM OF HABIT.[/h1]

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Would Always* is Different

"Would always" is not exactly the same as used to or the Simple Past. "Would always" cannot be used to talk about past facts or generalizations. It can only be used for repeated actions.

Examples:
• Sarah was shy, but now she is very outgoing. |Correct

• Sarah used to be shy, but now she is very outgoing. |Correct

• Sarah would always be shy, but now she is very outgoing. |Not Correct


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Forms Related to "Would Always"

In addition to "would always," English speakers often use "would constantly," "would often," "would forever" or simply "would." Although the last form "would" is correct, it is not suggested because it can easily be confused with other verb forms such as the Conditional or Future in the Past.

Similarly, speakers can use "would rarely," "would occasionally" and "would seldom" to express the idea that an action was not often repeated.

Examples:
• Jerry would come to the parties every weekend.

• Jerry would constantly bring his girlfriend to the parties

• Jerry would often bring his best friend to the parties.

• Jerry would occasionally bring his older brother to the parties.

• Jerry would seldom bring his sister to the parties.

• Jerry would never bring his younger brother to the parties.


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4. Active / Passive
Examples:
• My mother would always make the pies. Active
• The pies would always be made by my mother. Passive



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Do not say:
_My dad gave me a cheque of #15,000 this morning_

*Why?* - The preposition that collocates with cheque here is "for" and not "of". Hence, the correct thing to say is:

My dad gave me a cheque for #15,000 this morning

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Do not say:
Time is against us

*Why?* - Such sentence doesn't exist in English. It is quite un-English.
Hence, the above sentence should be:

We haven't got much time
Or:
Time is running out

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Do not say:
The man died of depression on the long run.

*Why?* - The expression is wrong because of the use of a wrong preposition *on* The right preposition to be used is *in*

You had rather say:
In the long run, the man died of depression


Do not say:
I do not like to own anybody

*Why?* - Both owe and owe are confused verbs.

OWN is used when talking about something that belongs to you and is used mainly after possessive pronouns like 'my', 'hid', 'our', etc.
While OWE is used to describe a situation in which you have an obligation to pay for something already received from someone.

Hence, the above sentence should read:
I do not like to owe anybody

Is this taken?

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Do not say:
My sister and her friend are now in good terms with each other

*Why?* - The wrong preposition has been used here. Therefore, the above sentence should take this correct form:

My sister and her friends are on good terms with each other

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Do not say:
Our company has no affinity to any networking company

*Why?* - I will like to write out the two main meanings of Affinity here in order for us to have a better understanding of why it is said to be used wrongly in the above statement.

Affinity means:

�a close similarity between two things especially because of the characteristics they share OR

� a strong feeling that you like and understand someone because you share the same ideas or interest

When used to mean any of these two, affinity is never followed by to but by "for/between/with" as in:

✅ I feel strong affinity for the homeless children
✅ There is an obvious affinity between the two companies_
✅ Knowing who you are has no affinity with being educated

Therefore, for correctness, the above sentence should be reconstructed as:

Our company has no affinity with any networking company

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Do not say: Let me not lie you, I am hearing this for the first time

*Why?* - ​​there is an omission of the preposition to after lie and then hearing is wrongly used. It should be:
Let me not lie to you/To be candid with you, I just heard this for the first time; OR this is my first time of hearing this

••In this second expression, hearing has become a verbal noun (something) and not a verb (action)

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That there is nothing like:
••My brother has a k-leg

✅ It should be My brother is knock-kneeled

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••• Wonders will never end?

✅You should say: Wonders will never cease

This expression is used when one experiences *a pleasant surprise or finds pleasure at something

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•••Please come again, I can't hear you clearly?

✅What you should say is:
Pardon! Or please say that again, I can't hear you clearly

You can only ask someone to come again after the first visit or to pay subsequent visit as in:

Thanks for your patronage, please do come again

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•••See, tell your people to stop flashing me?

✅It should be:
See, tell your people to stop beeping me

Please note
You can only flash a phone when it is broken or not functioning right

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•••My phone got spoilt in the rain last night?

•• Visible objects that are known as concrete nouns don't get spoilt, rather they are broken or out of order

✅ The correct version of the sentence is:
My phone got broken by the rain OR was out of order as a result of the rain
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•••I am busy presently?

- Here, the speaker's intention is to inform us that he is busy at the time this expression is made. What is acceptable is *at present* or *at the moment* and not *presently *

✅ The correct version of the sentence is:
I am busy at the moment/I am busy at present

Please note:
•••Presently means soon or in a moment. To use presently in a sentence you say:

I shall be with you presently/in a moment

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Do not say:
_My dad gave me a cheque of #15,000 this morning_

*Why?* - The preposition that collocates with cheque here is "for" and not "of". Hence, the correct thing to say is:

My dad gave me a cheque for #15,000 this morning

........................

Do not say:
Time is against us

*Why?* - Such sentence doesn't exist in English. It is quite un-English.
Hence, the above sentence should be:

We haven't got much time
Or:
Time is running out

........................

Do not say:
The man died of depression on the long run.

*Why?* - The expression is wrong because of the use of a wrong preposition *on* The right preposition to be used is *in*

You had rather say:
In the long run, the man died of depression


Do not say:
I do not like to own anybody

*Why?* - Both owe and owe are confused verbs.

OWN is used when talking about something that belongs to you and is used mainly after possessive pronouns like 'my', 'hid', 'our', etc.
While OWE is used to describe a situation in which you have an obligation to pay for something already received from someone.

Hence, the above sentence should read:
I do not like to owe anybody

Is this taken?

.......................

Do not say:
My sister and her friend are now in good terms with each other

*Why?* - The wrong preposition has been used here. Therefore, the above sentence should take this correct form:

My sister and her friends are on good terms with each other

........................

Do not say:
Our company has no affinity to any networking company

*Why?* - I will like to write out the two main meanings of Affinity here in order for us to have a better understanding of why it is said to be used wrongly in the above statement.

Affinity means:

�a close similarity between two things especially because of the characteristics they share OR

� a strong feeling that you like and understand someone because you share the same ideas or interest

When used to mean any of these two, affinity is never followed by to but by "for/between/with" as in:

✅ I feel strong affinity for the homeless children
✅ There is an obvious affinity between the two companies_
✅ Knowing who you are has no affinity with being educated

Therefore, for correctness, the above sentence should be reconstructed as:

Our company has no affinity with any networking company

.................

Do not say: Let me not lie you, I am hearing this for the first time

*Why?* - ​​there is an omission of the preposition to after lie and then hearing is wrongly used. It should be:
Let me not lie to you/To be candid with you, I just heard this for the first time; OR this is my first time of hearing this

••In this second expression, hearing has become a verbal noun (something) and not a verb (action)

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My conscience these days pricks me when I see Nigerian parents forcing their children to learn/speak English and the ones they give to the children are not actually the correct ones.

I said it sometimes that What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. If we are taking this vernacular as our mother's tongue, then let's endeavour to use them the way the native speakers do.

Nowadays, we Nigerians often send our children to private schools probably to improve their speaking ability but we fail to check up on how they use the English language in the relevant ways because we think their teachers have taught them all. I am sorry to disappoint you, Most of the teachers themselves are trying to get themselves in the use if the correct English

Do not misquote me; no man is perfect and teaching is in disciplines. But the fact still remains that:

ALL OF US, BOTH TEACHERS AND PARENTS SHOULD KEEP OURSELVES UPDATED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THIS LANGUAGE WE ARE FORCING ON OURSELVES.


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