Which is correct or are these both correct?

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In cases where formal consultation already has been completed for these activities ...ORIn cases where formal consultation has already been completed for these activities

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AnonymousIn cases where formal consultation already has been completed for these activities ...
OR
In cases where formal consultation has already been completed for these activities

Hi,

The second fragment would be much more common, so I'd go with it.

This is not a full sentence, though.

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Dimsumexpress · Answer

AnonymousIn cases where formal consultation already has been completed for these activities ...

In cases where formal consultation has been completed already for these activities

In cases where formal consultation has already been completed for these activities

I personally think they are all correct from a grammatical point of view. I added one more variation. The core meaning is the same. But there is a subtle style or perhaps emphasis difference.

Consider: You may go play if you have already finsihed your homework. vs You may go play if you already have finsihed your homework. The later has a little more emphasis with "already" placed have "you". That's just my linguistic instinct.

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousIn cases where formal consultation already has been completed for these activities ...

OR

In cases where formal consultation has already been completed for these activities

The adverb is already. The verbs are has, been, and completed. The adverb usually goes after the first verb if there's more than one, so the more natural grouping is has already been completed.

CJ

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