8 uses of "time" A LONG TIME AGO I signed up for Facebook. Initially, I thought it was a TIME-CONSUMING social network, but I changed my mind IN NO TIME. Facebook was useful for chatting with my frie

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8 uses of "time" A LONG TIME AGO I signed up for Facebook. Initially, I thought it was a TIME-CONSUMING social network, but I changed my mind IN NO TIME. Facebook was useful for chatting with my friends and for finding job offers. I used it TIME AFTER TIME and I didn't realize that it was not a good habit. AS TIME WENT BY I dedicated myself only on the Internet. So AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER I decided to take a break and to spend my free time with my family and my friends. It was a great desicion and I felt good. But it was ONLY A MATTER OF TIME: a few days later I started up Facebook again. However, now I'm not so FB addicted as I was. I use that social AT TIMES and only if I did all my tasks.

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8 uses of "time"

A LONG TIME AGO I signed up for Facebook. Initially, I thought it was a TIME-CONSUMING social network, but I changed my mind IN NO TIME QUICKLY*.
Facebook was useful for chatting with my friends and for finding job offers.
I used it TIME AFTER TIME ALL THE TIME** and I didn't realize that it was not a good a bad habit. AS TIME WENT BY I dedicated myself only found myself always on the Internet. So AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER*** I decided to take a break and to spend my free time with my family and my friends. It was a great decision and I felt good.
But it was ONLY A MATTER OF TIME: a few days later I started up Facebook again.
However, now I'm not so FB addicted as I was. I still use it that social AT TIMES**** and only if I did have done all my tasks.

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Well done. I made a few changes and have tried to explain them:

* "Quickly" is really what should be used (sounds best in English) but if you have to use a phrase with TIME in it, I think it should be "IN NO TIME AT ALL". "IN NO TIME" is understandable but sounds a little awkward

** I would use ALL THE TIME for this. "ALL THE TIME" is used for general actions that are repeated; "TIME AFTER TIME" is used for specific actions that are repeated. So it's "I read all the time" - but "I read 'War and Peace' time after time before I understood it" because it's reading a specific book.

*** "AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER" suggests that you don't know when something happened; in this case, you know when you stopped using Facebook so it's "ONE TIME" or even "A FEW TIMES".

**** I added this just to give another phrase you could use. :)

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