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The usage of 'one day'



 
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The usage of 'one day' #1 (permalink) Sun Jul 02, 2006 13:39 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... :roll:

Thank you!
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The usage of 'one day' #2 (permalink) Sun Jul 02, 2006 14:54 pm   The usage of 'one day'
 

Hi Jesus

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

Crying lettuce hearts? :D Very creative. :lol:
What about the heads? Were they crying, too? :cry:

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The usage of 'one day' #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 02, 2006 15:41 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... :roll:

This sounds so like Roald Dahl!

Amy wrote:
What about the heads? Were they crying, too? :cry:

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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