Which one is more similar to the above sentence. If there's no, make a good one for me.?

Question

I used to eat baked beans and brown bread three meals a day.


A)there were times I couldn't help eating baked beans and brown bread three meals a day.

B)There were times I was obliged to eat baked beans and brown bread three meals a day.

C)There were times I had to eat baked beans and brown bread three meals a day.

Answer 1

Answer A) means that I liked beans so much I ate them for every meal.
B) means that you could have eaten other things, but some one or something made you eat them all the time.
C)means that because of the situation you were in (possibly you were poor or ill) you had no choice but to eat them for every meal.

Answer 2

There were times I ate baked beans and brown bread three meals a day.

A, B, and C all indicate some compulsion, but the original sentence does not.

Answer 3

None of them have exactly the same meaning, try "In the past, I ate baked beans and brown bread for all three of my daily meals."

Answer 4

There's nothing wrong with the original sentence, although it's more common to say "three times a day". The three alternatives you give are not similar to the original. The original states a simple fact - you used to eat... The three alternatives go beyond the original and state a reason why you ate what you did, e.g. you couldn't help it, you were obliged to, you had to.

Answer 5

It happens that formerly I ate brown bread and baked beans regularly.


(And I can see how a steady diet of that stuff WOULD make you 'regular'...!)

Answer 6

baked beans three times a day? glad I did'nt have to sleep in the same room as you!

Answer 7

A is the one I pick.