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Masanori Takaoka Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

the position of adverb

Clearly I gave him a wrong address.

Where should I put 'clearly' in this sentence?
  

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These have near enough the same meaning ("the" would be more usual than "a"): Clearly I gave him the wrong address. I clearly gave him the wrong address. I gave him the wrong address, clearly.

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  • These have near enough the same meaning ("the" would be more usual than "a"): Clearly I gave him the wrong address.
  • I clearly gave him the wrong address.
  • I gave him the wrong address, clearly.
  • This has a different meaning because "clearly" modifies "wrong".
  • It suggests that he probably ought to have noticed that it was wrong: I gave him a clearly wrong address.
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These have near enough the same meaning ("the" would be more usual than "a"):

Clearly I gave him the wrong address.
I clearly gave him the wrong address.
I gave him the wrong address, clearly.

This has a different meaning because "clearly" modifies "wrong". It suggests that he probably ought to have noticed that it was wrong:

I gave him a
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