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03-19-2011, 08:01 PM

Hi all,

Quick question; my dictionary lists いつも as both an adverb and a noun with two uses;

1) いつも宿題を忘れている。
2) 彼はいつも優しい事を話さない。

with 1) being 'always' and 2) being 'never', but as I see it both these uses are adverbs, so how is いつも used as a noun?