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Futurehuman11 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
placement of an adverb
Should I write this sentence as "I used to do it occasionally", or "I occasionally used to do it"?
I once heard that advebs of frequency should always go before the main verb. Is this true?
I once heard that advebs of frequency should always go before the main verb. Is this true?
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Yes. Adverbs of frequency should go before the main verb -- as a general rule. But many of them can also go in other places as well.
- Yes.
- Adverbs of frequency should go before the main verb -- as a general rule.
- But many of them can also go in other places as well.
- occasionally is usually best at the end, in my opinion, perhaps because it's such a long word, having five syllables, perhaps for other reasons.
- For more on adverbs of frequency, see .
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Yes. Adverbs of frequency should go before the main verb -- as a general rule. But many of them can also go in other places as well. occasionally is usually best at the end, in my opinion, perhaps because it's such a long word, having five syllables, perhaps for other reasons.
For more on adverbs of frequency, see .
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For more on adverbs of frequency, see .
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