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Tung Quoc  +  280677 Sat, 14 Oct 06 11:13 AM

Please choose all correct sentences:

1.I'd also like to know other ideas.
2.I'd like also to know other ideas.
3.I also would  like to know other ideas.

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Annvan  +  280691 Sat, 14 Oct 06 12:29 PM
As far as I can see (1) is correct. "all" should come after the first verb - the "would" represented by "'d".
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J Lewis  +  280702 Sat, 14 Oct 06 12:52 PM
You mean also, don't you Ann?
I agree that 1 is the most usual, but for a special emphasis 3 is possible:  I also would like to know other ideas.
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Annvan, 3 yr 40 days ago
Sorry, yes I mean "also".
Tung Quoc  +  280737 Sat, 14 Oct 06 02:01 PM

Do you mean (2) is incorrect?

Normally, with would like, can the adverb be putted at 3 these positions?

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nona the brit  +  280743 Sat, 14 Oct 06 02:07 PM

1 This is the usual positioning of an adverb with would like. Use it 99% of the time.

2. People would understand you but it sounds odd.

3. Yes, you could use it to add emphasis but it would be a rare useage. I can only imagine it if someone rather pompous had been giving you a list of other things and needed to emphasise 'and as well as those things, it's also very important that I have....'. Yes, pompous is the word for it.

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Marius Hancu  +  280760 Sat, 14 Oct 06 02:35 PM
 J Lewis wrote:

... for a special emphasis 3 is possible:  I also would like to know other ideas.
Now, could also be construed here as referring to "I" and not to the rest of the sentence?

Say: 
I
also would like to know other ideas
.

If this is so (and I feel this is the case), I'd avoid using it in writing. In speech the accent would of  course avoid this confusion.
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nona the brit  +  280763 Sat, 14 Oct 06 02:39 PM
Oh, yes, it could. Well spotted. The same can be said for the original version 1 of the sentence.
Vanyatka  +  280827 Sat, 14 Oct 06 05:34 PM
How about putting also in the beginning of the sentence?

Also, I'd like to know other ideas.

The possible problem here is that "also" does not belong to "like" or "would" anymore, but begins a new "topic".


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