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Nikola Radulovic Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Adverb

Is it possible to say " He was catiously driving all of the night"? Or it is only correct " He was driving catiously,?
  

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Nikola Radulovic He was ca u tiously driving all of the night. It's understandable, but not as idiomatic as it could be. An adverb of manner ( cautiously ) is usually not within the verb phrase, but later in the sentence.

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  • Nikola Radulovic He was ca u tiously driving all of the night.
  • It's understandable, but not as idiomatic as it could be.
  • An adverb of manner ( cautiously ) is usually not within the verb phrase, but later in the sentence.
  • The continuous form is not necessary.
  • Also, we say "all night".
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Nikola RadulovicHe was cautiously driving all of the night.
It's understandable, but not as idiomatic as it could be. An adverb of manner (cautiously) is usually not within the verb phrase, but later in the sentence. The continuous form is not necessary. Also, we say "all night". Write this:

He drove c
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Nikola Radulovic Is it possible to say " He was catiously driving all of the night"? Or it is only correct " He was driving catiously,?
No. First if all, there are few problems with this sentence. The word is " cautiously". Also " all of the night" is not a functional phrase syntactically speaking. To improve the sentence, y
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Ok, thank you. When we use Past Continous , does the adverb occur between the auxiliary verb and the present participle or after them?
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Nikola RadulovicWhen we use Past Continous , does the adverb occur between the auxiliary verb and the present participle or after them?
The position of adverbs is somewhat free and variable in English. However:

1 The usual position of an adverb of frequency (always, usually, often, never, ...) is after an auxiliary verb.
2 The usual positi
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