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Tarirotari Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

To just recommend / just to recommend

There are so many places that it's difficult just to recommend some.

There are so many places that it's difficult to just recommend some.

Which is better for this context?

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Top answer

to just recommend some of them "

  • to just recommend some of them "
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I prefer ........to just recommend some of them"
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"Just" and "only" are examples of modifiers that are often misplaced in the sentence. They should be placed as close to the word they describe as possible. In the sentence you give here, "just" is describing "recommend," rather than "some," which seems to be the word you want to modify. I think you mean

There are so many places that it's difficult to recommend just some (just a few).

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