- I walk slowly
- I slowly walk
Both sentences are right because I use adverbs in end and mid position, yes? Only one exception is badly which always goes in the end right?
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2Wrong. "I badly need a drink."– Kate BuntingCommented Nov 22, 2023 at 8:55
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1Badly can mean "in a poor or incompetent way" ("He played the piano badly") or it can be used as an intensifier ("I need that badly"). I've never heard a rule about badly, but I'd guess that the former meaning usually goes at the end and the latter can go anywhere.– Stuart FCommented Nov 22, 2023 at 10:17
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Surely, certainly, seldom, always, and hopefully are just a few of the adverbs that can be placed before verbs, though some of them aren’t modifying the verb they proceed. In
He seldom drinks tea,
the adverb does modify the verb. But in
He certainly drinks tea,
it does not. This sentence means not that he drinks tea in a confident and unquestioning manner, but that we can be completely confident that he does drink tea.
answered Nov 22, 2023 at 11:40
