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Rule "Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)'"
This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.
| Description: |
Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' |
| Message: |
The adverb '\2' is usually not used at the beginning of a sentence if a subject pronoun comes after it. |
| Category: |
Style
(ID: STYLE)
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| Link: |
https://staff.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/AdverbPl.html |
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect: |
- Always I am happy.
- Always I hid who I really was.
- Always, he was serious.
- Ever it was thus.
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Correct sentences
for comparison: |
- I am always happy.
- Always wear your helmet.
- Always late, is he?
- Hardly.
- Never again would she want to live there.
- Never before have we had such a strong longing for peace.
- Never in my life have I heard or seen such a thing.
- Hardly a day passes when I don't think of you.
- Hardly anyone writes to me these days.
- Never too much of anything.
- Never say never
- Always and forever, I'm yours.
- Always save your best ideas to last.
- Always someone there to remind me.
- Always the centre of attention, she hated to be ignored.
- Always, no problem.
- Always worse, never better.
- Always when I can.
- "Am I avoiding you? Never!"
- Never in one place for long, I decided to leave the city tomorrow.
- Never, ever, do that again!
- Never actually tried that.
- Never once has this occurred in all the time I've been here.
- Hardly the meeting had begun when it was adjourned.
- Hardly B2C agents, in my opinion.
- Hardly anybody's busy today.
- Rarely, if ever, do these flowers bloom so early in the year.
- Rarely, small asteroids passing close to Earth may be visible to the naked eye for a short time.
- Ever since Portugal handed over sovereignty
- It was ever thus.
- EVER TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD.
- Ever really want someone to wake you up from a bad dream...
- Ever louder voices of protest drowned out his speech.
- Ever the organizer, Reggie separates his Skittles into groupings of the same flavor before he eats them.
- Never you mind.
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| ID: |
ADVERB_WORD_ORDER [1]
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| Version: |
6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-21 22:33:10 +0100)
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