Ms. Friedman, who said she now often reads on her Kindle, left HarperCollins in 2008.

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You might think so from what one often reads in the press.

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It is often remarked that the Constitution reads unnaturally in Japanese.

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He works or reads late into the night, often going to bed as dawn approaches.

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She reads the papers, surfs the Net, and then often does her own makeup.

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