Verb-Adverb-Object sequence
When an object is very long, is it allowed to insert an adverb before an object? For example, can you say "I will explain more clearly why I did what I did tomorrow" instead of "I will explain why I did what I did more clearly tomorrow?
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lifelong learner When an object is very long, is it allowed to insert an adverb before an object? For example, can you say "I will explain more clearly why I did what I did tomorrow" instead of "I will explain why I did what I did more clearly tomorrow? Yes, but only if it is very long, as you say.
- lifelong learner When an object is very long, is it allowed to insert an adverb before an object?
- For example, can you say "I will explain more clearly why I did what I did tomorrow" instead of "I will explain why I did what I did more clearly tomorrow?
- Yes, but only if it is very long, as you say.
- I threw fast the ball does not qualify.
- CJ
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lifelong learnerWhen an object is very long, is it allowed to insert an adverb before an object? For example, can you say "I will explain more clearly why I did what I did tomorrow" instead of "I will explain why I did what I did more clearly tomorrow?
Yes, but only if it is very long, as you say.
I threw fast the balldoes not qualify.
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