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Sooris Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Urgent help

Tell me if the following sentence is constructed properly.

What specifically did you enjoy?
I think there is a problem of misplaced modifiers.
  

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What did you specifically enjoy? sounds better to me. EDIT: Yahoo contradicts me: 3,220 for "what specifically did you" 301 for "what did you specifically " but searches at Yahoo on BBC pages are closer: 45 for "What specifically did you" bbc 24 for "What did you specifically " bbc Anyway, it seems your version isn't so bad, as seen by others.

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  • What did you specifically enjoy?
  • sounds better to me.
  • EDIT: Yahoo contradicts me: 3,220 for "what specifically did you" 301 for "what did you specifically " but searches at Yahoo on BBC pages are closer: 45 for "What specifically did you" bbc 24 for "What did you specifically " bbc Anyway, it seems your version isn't so bad, as seen by others.
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What did you specifically enjoy?

sounds better to me.

EDIT: Yahoo contradicts me:

3,220 for "what specifically did you"
301 for "what did you specifically"

but searches at Yahoo on BBC pages are closer:

45 for
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But you should know that both orders show up at the New York Times:

http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=%22did+you+specifically%22+&srchst=nyt

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