Modification of verbs by adverbs of degree
Good morning everyone!
I need some help with adverbs of degree, please. If I'm right, these adverbs usually modify adjectives or other adverbs. But I'd like to know how usual or common it is for them to modify a verb and what is their placement in a sentence when they modify verbs.
At the moment, I don't have a lot of examples to present, but, please tell me if these adverbs seem fine to you and if these are really adverb of degree.
Here are the examples:
-She has almost finished the painting.
-She has finished the painting almost.
-Jane has hardly eaten anything. Is she fine?
-Jane has eaten anything hardly. Is she fine?
-Thank you very much.
-Tina studied a lot to clear her exams last year.
I think the parts that are in bold all adverb of degree modifying verbs, since they all are answering the question "how much?" or "to what extent?" in connection with the verbs, but I'm not very sure.
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Again, I cannot see any bold on my MacBook Air (that's why I highlight with red now), but these are right placement and the others are wrong placement: -She has almost finished the painting. -Jane has hardly eaten anything. Is she fine?
- Again, I cannot see any bold on my MacBook Air (that's why I highlight with red now), but these are right placement and the others are wrong placement: -She has almost finished the painting.
- -Jane has hardly eaten anything.
- Is she fine?
- -Thank you very much.
- -Tina studied a lot to pass her exams last year.
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Again, I cannot see any bold on my MacBook Air (that's why I highlight with red now), but these are right placement and the others are wrong placement:
-She has almost finished the painting.
-Jane has hardly eaten anything. Is she fine?
-Thank you very much.
-Tina studied a lot to pass her exams last year.
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