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Where to Put Your Adverbs

Unlike other languages where the placement of adverbs is quite fixed, English allows for a lot more free. Where an adverb goes in an English sentence is free depending on what you want to emphasize There are some guidelines however Generally speaking - Adverbs of time come at the beginning or end of a phrase. On Wednesdays , we wear pink. I often wonder about that Take the following example: Usually, I see her on Thursdays. Adding In Direct Objects The adverb of manner 'quietly' can fit in at the beginning, between the subject and verb, and at the end. Quietly he said it He quietly said it He said it quietly Take note that the "he said quietly it" would be wrong and unnatural.