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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Are all of these OK?

He smiles at her. She smiles back shyly./She shyly smiles back./She smiles shyly back.

Are all of these OK? Which one of them would you go with?

  

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/She smiles shyly back. They're all OK. I would go with the first one.

  • /She smiles shyly back.
  • They're all OK.
  • I would go with the first one.
  • The standard position for an adverb of manner is at the end of the clause.
  • CJ
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anonymousShe smiles back shyly./She shyly smiles back./She smiles shyly back.

They're all OK. I would go with the first one. The standard position for an adverb of manner is at the end of the clause.

CJ

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