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Pavlides Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Adverbs

Where is the best place for the adverb to go in this sentence?

Timothy went to the park yesterday to play football.

Yesterday, Timothy went to the park to play football.

Timothy went to the park to play football yesterday.

If teaching a class this sentence, where is the best place to put the adverb yesterday?

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They are all perfectly fine. The surrounding text may suggest the best placement for style.

— Mister Micawber

  • They are all perfectly fine.
  • The surrounding text may suggest the best placement for style.
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They are all perfectly fine. The surrounding text may suggest the best placement for style.
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I have tried to search for the best place to put 'yesterday' if teaching someone and know it all depends on several factors, but if asked is there a best place as a general rule in this example sentence (without surrounding text)?

Also, what`s the difference in nuance?

Thanks
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I have already explained that there is no 'best place' for that word in your sentence among those you have given. There are also a couple of other positions it could take, though they are less common. 'Nuance' is an easy word to toss in, but since this statement is one which would most probably be an informal spoken one, the word 'yesterday' is liable to pop into the sentence whenever the speak
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where should I put ' here i' n this sentence?

The children come to play here after school.

The children come here to play after school.
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Both sentences are fine and synonymous.
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