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seguso
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:50 pm
Post subject: Where to put the adverb? |
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In the sentence
X did not cover all the parts of Y that should have
ideally been covered.
is the adverb "ideally" in the right place? I am not sure whether it
should go right after "should". Thanks in advance.
Maurizio |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:54 pm
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seguso wrote:
| Quote: | In the sentence
X did not cover all the parts of Y that should have
ideally been covered.
is the adverb "ideally" in the right place? I am not sure whether
it
should go right after "should". Thanks in advance.
Maurizio
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I'd put it just after "should", yes. That way it's clear that you
don't mean "ideally covered". It's a very fine point, though, but it
might perhaps matter more in other cases.
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Mike. |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Where to put the adverb? |
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seguso wrote:
| Quote: | In the sentence
X did not cover all the parts of Y that should have
ideally been covered.
is the adverb "ideally" in the right place? I am not sure whether it
should go right after "should". Thanks in advance.
Maurizio
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Adverbs make weak sentences.
"X did not cover all the parts of Y that should have been covered".
Doesn't that say the same thing? |
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