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Foy1989 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Structure.

"I barely can hit the ball."

Now I know this sentence does not flow well and the helping verb 'can' should be after the subject of the sentence.

But my question is why that is so?

Thank you for any help.
  

Top answer

" This is quite common in the US. "I can barely hit the ball" is more common, but some context might lead us to choose the original. Foy1989 the helping verb 'can' should be after the subject of the sentence.

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  • " This is quite common in the US.
  • "I can barely hit the ball" is more common, but some context might lead us to choose the original.
  • Foy1989 the helping verb 'can' should be after the subject of the sentence.
  • The positioning of the adverb ("barely") is allowed a bit of freedom.
  • I barely can reach the top shelf.
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Foy1989"I barely can hit the ball."
This is quite common in the US. "I can barely hit the ball" is more common, but some context might lead us to choose the original.
Foy1989 the helping verb 'can' should be after the subject of the sentence.
The positioning of the adverb ("barely") is allowed a bit of freedom.

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