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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Adverbs or adjectives placement in sentence
I'm trying to figure out the right way to handle adverbs (or adjectives) and their placement in sentences.
Which of these examples is proper?
Set 1:
"The cat presently is sitting on the table."
"The cat is presently sitting on the table."
"The cat is sitting on the table presently."
Set 2:
"The cat hurriedly ran to the door."
"The cat ran hurriedly to the door."
"The cat ran to the door hurriedly."
Set 3:
"Does a different policy currently cover these activities?"
"Does a different policy cover these activities currently?"
Any help appreciated! I try to avoid split infinitives in my writing, and it seems like these adjectives/adverbs may present similar concerns. I don't know enough about proper grammar to know how to express the concerns with proper English terminology. Any help is much-appreciated!
Which of these examples is proper?
Set 1:
"The cat presently is sitting on the table."
"The cat is presently sitting on the table."
"The cat is sitting on the table presently."
Set 2:
"The cat hurriedly ran to the door."
"The cat ran hurriedly to the door."
"The cat ran to the door hurriedly."
Set 3:
"Does a different policy currently cover these activities?"
"Does a different policy cover these activities currently?"
Any help appreciated! I try to avoid split infinitives in my writing, and it seems like these adjectives/adverbs may present similar concerns. I don't know enough about proper grammar to know how to express the concerns with proper English terminology. Any help is much-appreciated!
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"The cat is presently sitting on the table."
"The cat hurriedly ran to the door."
"The cat ran to the door hurriedly."
"Does a different policy currently cover these activities?"
"The cat hurriedly ran to the door."
"The cat ran to the door hurriedly."
"Does a different policy currently cover these activities?"
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AnonymousSet 2:"The cat hurriedly ran to the door.""The cat ran hurriedly to the door.""The cat ran to the door hurriedly."Only this set has an adverb of manner. These usually occur at the end of the sentence, but they can also occur directly after an intransitive verb. "run" is intransitive, so both of these positions work.
The cat ran hurriedl
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