A place of adverb in a sentence

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And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

In the sentence above, shouldn't always come between am and with for it to come in normal place?

As very, adverb, comes after be verbs: 'I'm very happy.

Is always in the sentence placed differently to emphasize? or ?

One more additional question; How can we form a sentence when 2 adverbs are to use?

For example, I'm surely always with you? or I'm surely with you always? <= I don't know this is a good example to meet the situation of 2 adverbs in one sentence.

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

moon7296In the sentence above, shouldn't always come between am and with for it to come in normal place?

In everyday modern English, yes.

moon7296Is always in the sentence placed differently to emphasize? or ?

It gives the text a literary or poetic feel.

moon7296One more additional question; How can we form a sentence when 2 adverbs are to use?
For example, I'm surely always with you? or I'm surely with you always? <= I don't know this is a good example to meet the situation of 2 adverbs in one sentence.

These sentences are OK, the former being the normal order in everyday English. Anything approaching a full explanation of the rules of adverb placement in English would involve a great deal of research and would probably fill many pages. Some adverb combinations can be strung together as you've done with "surely always". For example:

"I ran really quickly."

"It nearly always rains."

Other times "and" is used:

"It rained steadily and heavily."

"They complain loudly and often."

There are lots of other possibilities of multiple adverbs being placed in different parts of the sentence; for example, "I quickly moved forwards", "He often beats me easily".

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