By Commas, Negations

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...

"She didn't like him because he was rich." Here's another possibility that hasn't been mentioned: "She didn't like him just because he was rich." This one is also ambiguous, but I think it would be more likely to be interpreted as "she liked him, but not solely because of his wealth. If...

Hello Amandine Thank you for the information. It's really helpful. Yes, I agree we had better front an adverbial clause, especially in speaking, to avoid the ambiguity of negation scope; "Because he was rich, she didn't like him" rather than "She didn't like him because he was rich." But I often...

Hi Paco I hadn't known either the importance of punctuction until I took a grammar class a couple of months ago. here is something that can be useful to remember: when a adverb clause precedes an independant clause ,a comma is used to separate the clauses. When the adverb clause follows, usually...

Hello Teachers Thank you for your replies. It seems a comma plays an important role in determining the scope of negation. I should be careful in using a comma when making a complex sentence. paco

And, without the comma, I would presume #1-- a clear proof of ambiguity.