Dan
职业教师
The differences between 常常and经常.

Many Chinese learners think 常常and 经常are the same . Please remember 经常 can use either in positive sentences or in negative sentences,but 常常 usually only use in positive sentences. 我不常常说中文is not a good sentence.

2015年2月5日 12:39
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Wow. Great. 常 can be used in the future and also can be an adjective to decorate a noun.

我会常去你家的。  他们吵架是常事。

2015年2月6日

经常 can also be used in the future, 常常 can't.

经常 can also be used as an adjective, 常常 can't.

 

How about just 常?

2015年2月6日

Yes , 常 can ues in negative sentences as well as positive sentences.  我常说中文 and 我不常说中文 both are correct.

2015年2月6日

Great information! I'd like to piggyback on what you said. 我不常常说中文is not a good sentence, but we will say 我不常說中文。 You can use 常常 in positive sentence and 不常 in negative sentence.

2015年2月5日

Great, thank you!  That is good to know, because I see them used interchangeably, but I never considered the negation of each...

2015年2月5日