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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Desperately
Hello everyone,
A. Can we use "desperately " at the end of sentences as follows?
1. They wanted a child desperately.
2. He was in love with her desperately.
B. Is "desperately" an adverb of degree in the above sentences?
Regards,
JA
Top answer
Joseph A 1. They wanted a child desperately. This is OK.
- Joseph A 1.
- They wanted a child desperately.
- This is OK.
- Joseph A 2.
- He was in love with her desperately.
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Joseph A1. They wanted a child desperately.
This is OK.
Joseph A2. He was in love with her desperately.
This one doesn't work properly. We expect "desperately" to modify "in love" and hence to be placed before it, i.e. "He was desperately in love with her".
Joseph AB. Is "desperately" an
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