"Basic", "at some point"... Le Figaro returns to these formulas which (too) often appear in our sentences.
These are “reinforcements”. Words that we place in our sentences all the time as if to better support our point. These language tics are pronounced unconsciously, at the beginning and or at the end of our sentences. They reassure us, help us have a countenance when we are not sure of what we want to say. Once you get used to it, it's hard to break it. Overview.
● “At some point”
“At some point, he has to take charge”. The formula is a dazzling success. We hear it everywhere and all the time, but in an erroneous sense, recalls the French Academy. The expression "at a given time" means: "at a specified time". It is thus said: “His thesis studies the state of a language at a given moment”. In more colloquial language, it means “suddenly, suddenly”. Example: “At one point he got angry and broke a vase”. But let's avoid mixing these two expressions to give rise to the incongruous trick "at a given time" or "a given time ago".
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