March 20, 2006

Often-times

Isn’t it just often and not often-times? I’ve seen a lot of people using the term “often times” here which, I think, is not a right word. I’ve never seen such a usage anywhere else. In my school and at work, I’ve seen people doing another mistake in their spoken English - “We could able to do ” and “We would able to do “. In fact these were so commonly used that sometimes I used to forget the right usage !!!

Okay, I shouldn’t be talking as if I always use the right constructs, but I feel building such consciousness is important to avoid common grammatical mistakes. This includes identifying when other people make mistakes though I think it is not good manners to correct them during such occasions.

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  1. Yeah…it’s same as your “I told mistake” :)

    Comment by Bharani — March 21, 2006 @ 6:14:39 AM

  2. Jokes apart, it’s not the same. It takes a greater effort to correct unconscious mistakes since you don’t know it is a mistake. These slips are fine.

    Comment by rkarthik — March 23, 2006 @ 9:45:03 AM

  3. I never thought oftentimes was wrong?
    http://www.answers.com/oftentimes
    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=oftentimes

    Comment by Sri — March 25, 2006 @ 5:52:26 AM

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