Placement of adverb in a passive sentence
Hello everyone,
Would you answer the following examples, they have often confused me.
1) The topic has clearly been explained by Mike. (Passive)
2) The topic has been clearly explained by Mike. (Passive)
3) The application has been successfully installed on your computer. (Passive)
3) The application has been installed on your computer successfully. (Passive)
5) The application has successfully been installed on your computer) (Passive)
The style of the first sentence sounds right to me, and according to some grammar books, they have preferred the position of adverb after auxiliaries (have/has). But this is a passive form of the tense perfect, so would it be possible to follow the the style of the first sentence? and what about others.
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The placement of the adverb is more a matter of style than a hard rule. However, the first sentence is confusing. The problem is that "clearly" could also mean (obviously) and would probably be read that way.
- The placement of the adverb is more a matter of style than a hard rule.
- However, the first sentence is confusing.
- The problem is that "clearly" could also mean (obviously) and would probably be read that way.
- So either: Clearly, the topic has been explained by Mike.
- (clearly=obviously) Or The topic has been clearly explained by Mike.
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The placement of the adverb is more a matter of style than a hard rule. However, the first sentence is confusing. The problem is that "clearly" could also mean (obviously) and would probably be read that way. So either:
Clearly, the topic has been explained by Mike. (clearly=obviously)
Or
The topic has been clearly explained by Mike. (clearly=lucidly)
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