Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Oftentimes"

A: When you say this, you are talking about something that happens a lot

A: Often times people come here to play sports
Often times i forget to eat

A: Oftentimes is more frequently than sometimes.
Oftentimes, I leave to school 20 minutes before class starts. Sometimes I am late.
Oftentimes it is good weather, but sometimes it rains.

A: @jeyooooooo When someone uses 'oftentimes' in a sentence it means it happens or happened at closer times. Example: Oftentimes I will eat chips for a snack. It could mean they eat chips every day for a snack.
When someone uses 'sometimes' in a sentence it usually means that you do something then wait a while to do it again; longer times in between you doing it.
Example: Sometimes I bring my lunch to school.
It could mean that they do it once or twice every month.

A: نفس المعنى تماما. سؤالك كان جيدا. أقول لك إن الكلمة الاطول
oftentimes
هي رسمية اكثر قليلا، ولكن لا بأس تستخد كلهما في أغلب السياقات

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A: "it seems like you get up early often"

A: Thank you! So if I say that I “work IN retail” it just simply means that this is what I do for a living? Without emphasising this kind of lifestyle?

A: × I, oftentimes, wrangle with my coworkers about the EV project, but it ends up with putting together for the better.
✓ I, oftentimes, wrangle with my coworkers about the EV project, but it usually ends up working out for the better.

“Working out for the better” is a set phrase in English that means “things turned out better.”

The “usually” is because it sounds a bit weird to say “but it ends up working out for the better” without saying something like “always” or “usually”, or some other measure of time

A: @oppataehyung not really - it’s quite an old-fashioned word! It’s good to know what it means, but I never really use it myself.

If you swap the word “often” for “oftentimes” in the examples above, they would still be correct - but not “natural”