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The usage of 'one day'



 
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The usage of 'one day' Sun Jul 02, 2006 14:39 pm  The usage of 'one day'
 

Can I began a sentence with "One day" to mean

"any day"?. Is there any other option?

Is it normally used in stories?

For instance:

ONE DAY, he went into the
greengrocer?s. There were
lots of hearts crying on the floor. Hearts
of lettuces, hearts of lettuces crying
on a dirty floor. Suddenly... Rolling Eyes

Thank you!
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The usage of 'one day' Sun Jul 02, 2006 15:54 pm  The usage of 'one day'
 

Hi Jesus

Yes, you can use "one day" that way.

Crying lettuce hearts? Very Happy Very creative. Laughing
What about the heads? Were they crying, too? Crying or Very sad

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The usage of 'one day' Sun Jul 02, 2006 16:41 pm  The usage of 'one day'
 

Jesus1 wrote:
There were
lots of hearts crying on the floor. Hearts
of lettuces, hearts of lettuces crying
on a dirty floor. Suddenly... Rolling Eyes

This sounds so like Roald Dahl!

Amy wrote:
What about the heads? Were they crying, too? Crying or Very sad

In Spanish, the same word for 'stalk' is used for 'torso/trunk' ('tronco'). So there would be another reason for the lettuce to cry: when its leaves are cruelly torn from its stalk!
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