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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alone seldom" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express that something rarely happens when someone is alone, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "She seldom feels lonely when she is alone."
Alternatives: "rarely alone" or "seldom by oneself".
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But knowledge alone seldom changes behaviour.
She is a watcher, usually alone, seldom lonely, alert to everything around her.
For Porter, Mr. Priddy writes, "reality alone seldom served to fully please the eye or mind, advising that the artist enliven the prospect through the addition of evocative motifs such as balloons navigating the skies, windmills and waterfalls, parades marching down village streets and steamboats paddling on streams".
A teacher often has to prod, tease, and entertain junior high school and high school students to teach them; lecturing alone seldom works as well as it does at the university level.
She is now completely withdrawn and spends her time alone, seldom talking or playing with girls her age, he said.
While I am in fact a big advocate of religious literacy I also recognize that religion alone seldom helps us to understand political events.
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"I was often alone, but seldom lonely".
Fast boats or not, the Around Alone race seldom offers easy sailing.
These men went on their way like somnambulists, walking alone and seldom speaking to each other.
For this reason alone, homeowners seldom use their places as weekend retreats.
Playing alone is seldom an option anyway – not like reading a book.
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