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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Placement of an adverb

Hi, would you say that we normally place an adverb before a verb if there is one main verb and normally place after an auxiliary verb if there is one main and one auxiliary verb (Is 'verb' OK or has to be 'verbs' in plural??). As the example sentences seem to indicate, we seem to be able to place an adverb at the end too.

He usually dance well but I don't know what happpened today.

He can usually dance well but I don't know what happened today.
  

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On the whole, you are correct. The rules concerning the placement of adverbs are too complicated to be dealt with in a short post. You'll get results if you type adverbs or something similar in the Search Box.

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  • On the whole, you are correct.
  • The rules concerning the placement of adverbs are too complicated to be dealt with in a short post.
  • You'll get results if you type adverbs or something similar in the Search Box.
  • However: He usually dance s well...
  • CB
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On the whole, you are correct. The rules concerning the placement of adverbs are too complicated to be dealt with in a short post. You'll get results if you type adverbs or something similar in the Search Box. However: He usually dances well...

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