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Lembo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

position of adverbs of frequency

Which is correct, "Write about something you do often" or ...often do" ?
  

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I think that both are acceptable. At least, both are used.

  • I think that both are acceptable.
  • At least, both are used.
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I think that both are acceptable. At least, both are used.
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We generally use frequency adverbs before the "main verb" or after verb "be".

She often comes late.

She is often late.
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Personally, I prefer "you often do" to "you do often", but (as I said) the latter form is also used.
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YahyacanWe generally use frequency adverbs before the "main verb" or after verb "be".

She often comes late.

She is often late.

I agree with you.
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Of course, the rule says what Yahyacan explained. In any case, I've googled the expressions "sth. you do often" and "sth. you often do".

For the former, there are 606 results.

For the latter, there are 76 results.

I'm not saying that googling a word or phrasing proves that it is correct, but it certainly tells us a lot about how people use it.
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HELLO

Are these sentences correct?

I often don't see my children; I usually don't go to parties.

When can we use an adverb before don't? These sentences seem fine to me, but they don't apply to the rule and I'm a bit confused.
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These adverbs of frequency can shift about quite readily (I often/usually don't see; I don't often/usually see; Often/Usually, I don't see; I don't see my children often/usually), but the standard place for a single-word adverb relative to a verb phrase is after the operator (here, don't -- I don't usually go).

Other adverbs are not so flexible, like adverbs of time,

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