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Navitasan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Cleverly

1-You solved that problem cleverly.

2-You cleverly solved that problem.

Does 1 necessarily imply that there were other, not clever, ways of solving the problem.

Does 2 mean that you were clever to be able to solve the probelm or does it mean that solving the problem was a good idea (it was clever of you to decide to solve the problem).
  

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#2 simply means that the manner in which you solved the problem was clever.. as for #1.. It all depends on word stress.

— Adeeo

  • #2 simply means that the manner in which you solved the problem was clever..
  • as for #1..
  • It all depends on word stress.
  • If you said, "You solved THAT problem cleverly" it would imply that you had solved a specific problem, and you did it cleverly.
  • Also, no, it doesn't imply that there are other ways that the problem could have been solved.
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#2 simply means that the manner in which you solved the problem was clever..

as for #1.. It all depends on word stress. If you said, "You solved THAT problem cleverly" it would imply that you had solved a specific problem, and you did it cleverly. Also, no, it doesn't imply that there are other ways that the problem could have been solved.
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navitasan1-You solved that problem cleverly.
2-You cleverly solved that problem.
The position of the adverb cleverly has no effect on the meaning. Both sentences say the same thing.

CJ
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