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Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:33 am Verb + Adverb + phrase |
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Inga I'm here quite often ;-)

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Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:44 am Verb + Adverb + phrase |
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Hi,
I think this helps: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv202.shtml
And I read somewhere that adverbs of frequency (e.g.: always, never, seldom, usually) are put directly before the main verb. If 'be' is the main verb and there is no auxiliary verb, adverbs of frequency are put behind 'be'. If there is an auxiliary verb, however, adverbs of frequency are put before 'be'. |
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tortoise I'm here quite often ;-)
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:51 am Verb + Adverb + phrase |
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| So, in a nutshell, #1 is completely wrong, even in spoken English? |
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nessie I'm here quite often ;-)
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 13:59 pm Verb + Adverb + phrase |
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Hi Nessie
There is nothing wrong with sentence 1. This sort of sentence structure is grammatically correct and in use in both spoken and written English. Doing a BNC search for "regularly by" will provide you with plenty of examples of the word 'regularly' used directly after the verb (i.e. before the agent) in a passive sentence: http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=regularly+by
The "rule" you've been given doesn't work in the passive sentence (i.e. "by the girls" doesn't count). However, your rule would work in the active sentence:
- The girls clean the room regularly. ==> OK - The girls regularly clean the room. ==> OK - *The girls clean regularly the room. ==> No! . _________________ Amy
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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