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Katinka Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

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He rode his bike carefully down the hill or is it
He rode carefully his bike down the hill
Can you tell me which one is correct and why ??
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We don't normally separate a verb from its direct object by an adverb, so He rode carefully his bike down the hill is unnatural. These are possible: 1. He rode his bike carefully down the hill.

— Fivejedjon

  • We don't normally separate a verb from its direct object by an adverb, so He rode carefully his bike down the hill is unnatural.
  • These are possible: 1.
  • He rode his bike carefully down the hill.
  • 2.
  • He carefully rode his bike down the hill.
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We don't normally separate a verb from its direct object by an adverb, so He rode carefully his bike down the hill is unnatural. These are possible:

1. He rode his bike carefully down the hill.
2. He carefully rode his bike down the hill.
3. Carefully he rode his bike down the hill.

The word order in (1) is the most common. The word order
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These are OK:

He rode his bike carefully down the hill.
He carefully rode his bike down the hill.
He rode his bike down the hill carefully.

Never put the adverb between the verb and its object, unless that adverb is part of the noun modifier.
eg.

He rode his incredibly expensive bike carefully down the hill

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