How should I use the word “need to know” ?
How common is “thrice”?
- Can I
use the word ‘thrice’ in the following sentences? Dusan
Singh: God bless Dusan Singh.
I read the NY Times daily, subscribe to Foreign Affairs magazine and study discourse, and I’ve yet to see the use of “thrice” so I’d say it’s obsolete.
I like the word and use it. Have you seen the word redeemed or changed? I’m out on a limb it seems.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph? Content=thrice%2C+three+times&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cthrice%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthree%20times%3B%2Cc0.t1%3B%2Ccollege%3B3%2Cc0.
