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Kitten93 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

the location of 'never'

Of the following, which is grammaticaly correct?

(a) the place that I have never seen before
(b) the place that never I have seen before
(c) the place that I never have seen beofore
(d) the place that I have seen never before

I think (a) sounds definitely correct, but what about the other three?

Please help. Thanks in avance
  

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kitten93 correct (a) is the standard form. (c) is borderline acceptable. The others are not usable.

  • kitten93 correct (a) is the standard form.
  • (c) is borderline acceptable.
  • The others are not usable.
  • Adverbs of frequency are best placed after the first operator.
  • CJ
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kitten93correct
(a) is the standard form. (c) is borderline acceptable. The others are not usable.

Adverbs of frequency are best placed after the first operator.

CJ

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