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The NOAD says thrice is, "chiefly formal literary," which is what the OED says too. They also say that in sentences such as "I was thrice blessed." thrice means "extremely; very." Looking for any sentence containing thrice on the Corpus of Contemporary American English, I found 230 sentences, 6 of those cataloged as "spoken."
Dec 29, 2016 · Thrice / three times; Four times; Five times; Six times; Seven times; Eight times; Nine times; Ten times; Note: "a couple" doesn't always mean exactly two, although it often does. As mentioned by Mick in the comments, thrice is quite old fashioned and while most people in the UK would understand, it's not commonly used.
May 27, 2018 · How to refer to 'once, twice, thrice' correctly in grammar terminology? I found sources which called them 'predeterminers' (see here) and source that call them 'quantifiers' (see here).
有帮助 (1) Doublechinnedqueen. 2020年8月17日. 英语 (美国) 菲律宾语. They are the same in meaning. However, "three times" is more commonly used in conversations. Thrice sometimes tend to sound out-dated. 这个答案有帮助吗？.
Dec 22, 2020 · Thrice sounds a little old fashioned or formal. I say twice but usually I don't say thrice. I will just say three times.
Oct 29, 2020 · Are these two expressions the same thing: once every two weeks twice a week Suppose if I say: This magazine is issued only once every two weeks. Will the following mean the same thing: This ma...
Jun 11, 2020 · That may be true. However based on what I am seeing nowadays on the news, the websites tend to use the terms like firstly, secondly more often.
Thrice is rarely used these days, with 'three times' being more common. For numeral adverbs above three we use the appropriate numeral plus 'times', e.g. four times, five times , etc. In some languages other than English there is a mechanism that allows this class of number to go on indefinitely; refer to the link for Number Adverbs above for an example of one such language.
Jan 9, 2020 · I know about once and twice but can you say thrice? Complete this sequence to 10 pls - Once - Twice - Thrice - ....? Which of these 3 words are more common? frivolous, futile or trivial Is there any slang or common saying in English that means the same thing has happened twice?
Jan 13, 2014 · 1. Three times, lasting three days every time. A total of nine days. Hence a three-day activity repeated thrice. Over here does not mean above but something that happens over a period of time or is distributed over a period of time. So it refers to the progress that happened spanning the three occasions.
