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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

To also do it on Sundays

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00I'd like some opinions on these sentences. Where should I put "also"? Consider that splitting invinitives doesn't bother me at all, I don't care what's "considered" correct, I'd like to know what "sounds" good and what "sounds" best.02br
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00They tried to get me to do it 01b00also02b00 on Saturdays. No way!02br
00They tried to get me to 01b00also02b00 do it on Saturdays. No way!02br
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00Since I know that "I also have one in my room" is way better than "I have one also in my room", then I was wondering if the second one was better.02br
00Thank you in advance. 050010id1
  

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0They tried to get me to do it 01b 00also02b 00 on Saturdays. (you do it on other days too but they want to do it one more day) 02br 02br 00They tried to get me to 01b 00also02b 00 do it on Saturdays. (you do other things too but they want you to do one more thing )But this sentence seems strange to me.

— Doll

  • 0They tried to get me to do it 01b 00also02b 00 on Saturdays.
  • (you do it on other days too but they want to do it one more day) 02br 02br 00They tried to get me to 01b 00also02b 00 do it on Saturdays.
  • (you do other things too but they want you to do one more thing )But this sentence seems strange to me.
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0They tried to get me to do it 01b00also02b00 on Saturdays. No way!(you do it on other days too but they want to do it one more day) 02br
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00They tried to get me to 01b00also02b00 do it on Saturdays. No way!(you do other things too but they want you to do one more thing )But this sentence seems strange to me. 02br
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0Truly, it's "They tried to get me to do it on Saturdays too!"02br
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00The "also" just sounds awkward to me. If you really wanted to use it, then I'd say "to also do it"0-
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0 Yes, "on Saturdays too" is the best way and what I would say too, but I saw a similar sentence with "also", so I wanted to ask about that. Anyway, I understand, thank you.02br
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00Doll, "also" doesn't modify the sententence the way you described. What "also" modifies is usually made clear by the stress in the sentence. Stress is in bold:02br
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00They tried to get me to do it on Saturdays11b10 [too / also]12b10. No way!12blockquote
10With a strong preference for 01i00too02i00, as GG says.02br
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01i00They 01b00also02b00 tried to get me to do it00 on Saturdays. No way!02i02
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0 or, "They tried to get me to do it on Saturdays 01i00as well02i00." (Slightly more formal than "too.") 0-
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0 Thanks Koyeen. 0-
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10They tried to get me to do it 11b10also12b10 on Saturdays. No way!12br
10They tried to get me to 11b10also12b10 do it on Saturdays. No way!12br
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10Hi Kooyeen02br
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00The reason why 01i00
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0 Thanks everyone for all your replies.02br
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00Yeah, Cool Breeze, you are right, that would make English too similar to Italian! Adverb position is still one of my biggest problems. In Italian you can put an adverb almost everywhere and it will sound good, in English that's not true. It wasn't too long ago that I learned "I have a PC also in my room" sucks.02br
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0I may get blasted for sayiung this but I'll take my chances. 05002br
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00To me, [also] along with othe adverbs can be inserted in different part of a sentence, depending on the context. the writer has to decide which works best in a given context.02br
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00Consider these sentences:02br
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00"Do you have a PC 01font
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0 Hi 01del00Benny02del00... Goodman02br
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00I like your 01i00I may get blasted02i05000. You need not fear that. May I offer my semi-sincere apologies to all those Britishers/Britons/Brits (take your pick!) who may have been offended by my previous remarks in this thread. 05100 We all know01i00also02i
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