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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL General English Grammar Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htm</link><description>Ask your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)</generator><item><title>Re: Helping verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpingVerb/mqmd/post.htm#63787</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:24:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:63787</guid><dc:creator>just the truth</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpingVerb/mqmd/post.htm#63787</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-63787.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>My suggestion is that the placement of adverbs, as suggested by CJ, represents the normal neutral placement. As he said, moving them often does create nuances, increases intensity and  sometimes it changes the meaning dramatically.</description></item><item><title>Re: Helping verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpingVerb/mqmb/post.htm#63785</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:20:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:63785</guid><dc:creator>CalifJim</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpingVerb/mqmb/post.htm#63785</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-63785.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Usually an adverb can be safely placed after the first verb of a verb phrase.</description></item><item><title>Helping verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpingVerb/mqkp/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:17:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:63765</guid><dc:creator>hanuman_2000</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpingVerb/mqkp/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-63765.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Sir,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She has been reading since morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"has been" here helping verb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I have to put some adverb in  "has been reading",Where should I put?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She has +adverb +been reading Since morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She has been +adverb  reading since morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.</description></item></channel></rss>