"He made countless enemies due to his usually tactless remarks. " Is this grammatically correct? (Especially the use of usually.)?
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2018-06-14 11:54 pm
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"due to" introduces an adjectival phrase, so it should only be used if you're qualifying "enemies". Since you are qualifying "made" you need an adverbial phrase starting "owing to". You can always get around this problem by using "because of" which qualifies the whole of the main sentence.It's OK to use "usually" although "often" would read better. He made countless enemies because of his often tactless remarks.
2018-06-14 11:34 pm
Typically, not usually
2018-06-15 12:53 am
I would say it stands without usually - tactful remarks wouldn't make you enemies.
2018-06-14 11:35 pm
Generally...
2018-06-15 7:28 pm
Actually the use of "usually" was the only part which felt slightly not right. I might say "..due to his generally tactless remarks". Or I would omit any modifier in front of "tactless".
Note that I am a middle-class southern Briton of 71 years. People in other parts of the world-wide English-speaking community will have different ideas. The suggestion by Jay R of "typically" also feels good to me.
Note that I am a middle-class southern Briton of 71 years. People in other parts of the world-wide English-speaking community will have different ideas. The suggestion by Jay R of "typically" also feels good to me.
2018-06-15 9:35 am
He made enemies by his (frequently) tactless remarks.
2018-06-14 11:42 pm
Yes, it is correct
2018-06-14 11:32 pm
Idk
2018-06-16 11:05 am
unusually tactless remarks.
2018-06-14 11:53 pm
I would honestly put a hyphen in between usually and tactless (his usually-tactless remarks).
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