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BlackBlitz Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Adverb placement with multiple auxiliaries.
Adverb placement! Quick question.?
I know if we want to place an adverb in the middle of the sentence, it either goes before the main verb or between the auxiliary or main verb.
However, what happens if there are two auxiliaries and a main verb.
This is an excerpt from a very reliable grammar website.
ADVERB PLACEMENT
The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.
Examples:
* You have only been waiting here for one hour.
* Have you only been waiting here for one hour?
So does this mean that manner adverbs (such as carefully) go right after the main auxiliary?
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Okay. Which sentence is correct?
I have carefully been studying for the test.
Or..
I have been carefully studying for the rest.
I'm sure that there's only one correct answer...?
I know if we want to place an adverb in the middle of the sentence, it either goes before the main verb or between the auxiliary or main verb.
However, what happens if there are two auxiliaries and a main verb.
This is an excerpt from a very reliable grammar website.
ADVERB PLACEMENT
The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.
Examples:
* You have only been waiting here for one hour.
* Have you only been waiting here for one hour?
So does this mean that manner adverbs (such as carefully) go right after the main auxiliary?
* - 4 days left to answer.
Okay. Which sentence is correct?
I have carefully been studying for the test.
Or..
I have been carefully studying for the rest.
I'm sure that there's only one correct answer...?
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BlackBlitz Okay. Which sentence is correct? I have carefully been studying for the test.
- BlackBlitz Okay.
- Which sentence is correct?
- I have carefully been studying for the test.
- Or..
- I have been carefully studying for the test.
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BlackBlitzOkay. Which sentence is correct?Neither is the most natural.
I have carefully been studying for the test.
Or..
I have been carefully studying for the test.
This is the one I would say:
I have been studying carefully for the test.
The adverb carefully describes the manner of study, so I place it immediately a
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Adverbs of manner usually go at the end. Others usually go after the first operator.
[The modal verbs (can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must), be, do, and the auxiliary have are the operators. Their negated contracted forms are also operators (can't, doesn't, etc.)]
CJ
[The modal verbs (can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must), be, do, and the auxiliary have are the operators. Their negated contracted forms are also operators (can't, doesn't, etc.)]
CJ
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