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"also" placement
which way is correct :
"sth can also be applied" or "sth can be also applied"
thx.
Robert
"sth can also be applied" or "sth can be also applied"
thx.
Robert
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"Robert" (Email Removed) wrote on 31 Mar 2004: [nq:1]which way is correct : "sth can also be applied" or "sth can be also applied"[/nq] "can also" Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
- "Robert" (Email Removed) wrote on 31 Mar 2004: [nq:1]which way is correct : "sth can also be applied" or "sth can be also applied"[/nq] "can also" Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
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"Robert" (Email Removed) wrote on 31 Mar 2004:
[nq:1]which way is correct : "sth can also be applied" or "sth can be also applied"[/nq]
"can also"
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
[nq:1]which way is correct : "sth can also be applied" or "sth can be also applied"[/nq]
"can also"
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
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For me both sound ok, depending on what the speaker wants to emphasise.
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[nq:1]For me both sound ok, depending on what the speaker wants to emphasise.[/nq]
I'm sorry, this is incorrect. As Franke has pointed out the normal place - and in this sentence the only place - for "also" is after the first auxiliary verb.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
I'm sorry, this is incorrect. As Franke has pointed out the normal place - and in this sentence the only place - for "also" is after the first auxiliary verb.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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I'd like to add that if you have the verb "to be" in a sentence, "also" should be used after it :-)
[nq:1]For me both sound ok, depending on what the speaker wants to emphasise.[/nq]
I'm sorry, this is incorrect. As Franke has pointed out the normal place - and in this sentence the only place - for "also" is after the first auxiliary verb.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
[nq:1]For me both sound ok, depending on what the speaker wants to emphasise.[/nq]
I'm sorry, this is incorrect. As Franke has pointed out the normal place - and in this sentence the only place - for "also" is after the first auxiliary verb.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:1]I'd like to add that if you have the verb "to be" in a sentence, "also" should be used after it :-)[/nq]
I beg to disagree in this case - not if it follows an auxiliary verb.
Einde O'Callaghan
I beg to disagree in this case - not if it follows an auxiliary verb.
Einde O'Callaghan
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I'd like to add that if you have the verb "to be" in a sentence, "also" should be used after it :-)
I beg to disagree in this case - not if it follows an auxiliary verb.
Einde O'Callaghan
Ok Einde,
I agree with your explanation, but anyway I was talking about other use for "also" with the verb to be. Maybe I haven't explained so well :-)
When we have the verb to be,
I beg to disagree in this case - not if it follows an auxiliary verb.
Einde O'Callaghan
Ok Einde,
I agree with your explanation, but anyway I was talking about other use for "also" with the verb to be. Maybe I haven't explained so well :-)
When we have the verb to be,
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