Position of 'adverb' in To-Infinitive
Could you tell me which one is right among (1)~(3) in the following sentences? Thank you in advance.
I have some foreign friends [ (1) to sometimes hang out with / (2) sometimes to hang out with / (3) to hang out with sometimes ].
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(2) reads as if you sometimes have some foreign friends, which I'm guessing you don't mean. (1) and (3) are possible. While I do not adhere to the supposed rule that you shouldn't split infintives, (3) feels more conversationally natural to me.
- (2) reads as if you sometimes have some foreign friends, which I'm guessing you don't mean.
- (1) and (3) are possible.
- While I do not adhere to the supposed rule that you shouldn't split infintives, (3) feels more conversationally natural to me.
- However, while you can certainly sometimes hang out with your friends, and you can no doubt have friends to hang out with, the idea of having friends to sometimes hang out with, irrespective of word order, feels very faintly odd to me.
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(2) reads as if you sometimes have some foreign friends, which I'm guessing you don't mean.
(1) and (3) are possible. While I do not adhere to the supposed rule that you shouldn't split infintives, (3) feels more conversationally natural to me.
However, while you can certainly sometimes hang out with your friends, and you can no doubt have friends to hang out with, the idea of havi
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