Word order with "probably"
I had such a sentence:
Without a doubt, reading books has gained probably the most positive image as one of the most profitable ways of spending leisure time.
It's been corrected to:
"...has probably gained the most positive image..".
While I understand the rule of the word order here, hasn't it changed the meaning?
I mean now it says that "it has probably gained" - that means that it has gained or maybe hasn't.
While my goal was to say that it has definitely gained an image, however we are not sure if the image in question was THE MOST POSITIVE. That's why I have used "probably" before the "most positive" phrase:
"probably the most positive image".
Like I woud say: "It has probably the most positive image"
So, can I or can't I use the former word order? And why?
Top answer
Do you mean that reading books has gained a number of images, and probably the most positive of these images is that reading books is one of the most profitable ways of spending leisure time?
- Do you mean that reading books has gained a number of images, and probably the most positive of these images is that reading books is one of the most profitable ways of spending leisure time?
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Do you mean that reading books has gained a number of images, and probably the most positive of these images is that reading books is one of the most profitable ways of spending leisure time?
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