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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

future passive

What is the rule that makes the following statement gramatically correct: "It will automatically be posted"

as opposed to:

"It will be automatically posted"?
  

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Both of yours are grammatically correct. However, the adverb usually rides more comfortably when it follows the first element of a verb phrase: I will always love you. He has never been seen again.

  • Both of yours are grammatically correct.
  • However, the adverb usually rides more comfortably when it follows the first element of a verb phrase: I will always love you.
  • He has never been seen again.
  • The guests are happily sitting on their hands.
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Both of yours are grammatically correct. However, the adverb usually rides more comfortably when it follows the first element of a verb phrase:

I will always love you.
He has never been seen again.
The guests are happily sitting on their hands.

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