By Adverbs, Negations

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real angry...

Welcome to English Forums! I'm not sure that I understood your question, but feel free to continue the discussion with further questions if my answer is not what you wanted. _______ First of all, assertion, in contrast to non-assertion, simply refers to a declarative statement that is...

Note the definition: Operators are the modals (can, could, will, would, etc.) and forms of be -- and also forms of do or have used as auxiliaries. The negative adverb not can only be carried by an operator, i.e., can only be used when accompanied by an operator. To negate a sentence...

Thank you so much... yeah, I think I read that thread, but I see you don't like "often" at the beginning, and "sometimes" at the end.You wrote a lot in yur post, and I know that stuff, it's not difficultm because that's the "common" position of adverbs, isn't it? It is simple to remember what's...

Hi,this has been asked more than once I guess, but I decided to put it neatly this way:Consider: usually, often, rarely, sometimes.Where is it possible to place them in a sentence? I wrote my choices in blue.I do it. <--- this is an affirmative sentence.At the beginning: often (with or without...

Kooyeen wrote:is there any difference between...This is not obviously true.This is obviously not true.That can't obviously be true.That obviously can't be true.I think there is a difference, and obviously can be placed either after or before a negation, but with different meanings.I'd say "not +...

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...

I think you all are missing one thing; it's the very basic question. The definition of operator. Up till now no one has defined what operators actually are. Operators are verbs with special properties as explained in the article I cited for you above. Some authors just call them...

Hello Kris I'll paste what I wrote in the post 121674. 1. 'Much' as a verb modifier. 'Very much' and 'much' can modify adjectival prepositional phrases. I am very much at home in this area. We were much in need of new ideas. =We were very needful of new ideas. ...

go to bed, go to cinema, go to party, go to school You should notice that all these "bed""cinema""school" are nouns, and "go" is an intransitive verb. There's gotta be some preposition between them. That's why "to" appears here. go there "there" is an adverb used to modify the verb "go". There...