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Kaiss Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Ho to use "first" in a sentence!

Hello, please could someone tell me which one of the followings is correct and what are the differences (if any):

..., it is intuitive to be first confident of ...
..., it is intuitive to first be confident of ...
..., it is intuitive first to be confident of ...

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I will need the rest of the sentence. We cannot judge what is first, the intuitiveness or the confidence.

  • I will need the rest of the sentence.
  • We cannot judge what is first, the intuitiveness or the confidence.
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I will need the rest of the sentence. We cannot judge what is first, the intuitiveness or the confidence.
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Thanks for your reply. Well, here's the complete sentence: To be confident of the various results of a simulation study, it is intuitive to first be confident of the collected simulation model inputs.
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To be confident of the various results of a simulation study, it is intuitive to be confident first of the collected simulation model inputs.

That to me is the most clear and comfortable word order. These two are also possible but not as clear, I think:

..., it is intuitive to first be confident of ...
..., it is intuitive first to be confident of ..
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Thanks for your help!

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