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Seagull Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The order of adverbial phrases

Hello everyone. I have a couple of questions.

Regarding the sentence: I'm sorry to have talked too long with you on the phone yesterday.

#1 What do you think of it? Does it sound natural?

#2 I'm wondering about what is the best order of the four adverbial phrases, that is, too long, with you, on the phone, and yesterday. Is my sentence best in this respect? How about this? -- I'm sorry to have talked with you on the phone too long yesterday. Is it any better?

  

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seagull I'm sorry to have talked too long with you on the phone yesterday. This order seems the natural one. seagull I'm sorry to have talked with you on the phone too long yesterday.

— GPY

  • seagull I'm sorry to have talked too long with you on the phone yesterday.
  • This order seems the natural one.
  • seagull I'm sorry to have talked with you on the phone too long yesterday.
  • Is it any better?
  • No, I don't see that it is an improvement.
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seagullI'm sorry to have talked too long with you on the phone yesterday.

This order seems the natural one.

seagullI'm sorry to have talked with you on the phone too long yesterday. Is it any better?

No, I don't see that it is an improvement.

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seagullthe best order of the four adverbial phrases

Without going into all of that, we can note as a bare-minimum 'rule' that it is customary to put place before time.

It's good to be here today.  (not today here)
The boss was not in his office yesterday afternoon.
The witness failed to app
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