1. Unit 18 Grammar Presentation
Adverbs: Sentence, Focus and
Negative
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2. Sentence Adverbs
Placement
Beginning Clearly, these are bitter controversies.
Middle These are clearly bitter controversies.
These clearly are bitter controversies.
These have clearly been bitter
controversies for many years.
These clearly have been bitter
controversies for many years.
End These are bitter controversies, clearly.

3. Note:
Many sentence adverbs also
appear on the list of logical
connectors on Grammar Review
Handout #4:
http://grammar5laney.wordpress.com/quick-grammar-review-handouts/
4-summary-of-connecting-words/

4. Focus Adverbs
Placement and Meaning
They just don’t support what
he says.
They think he is
wrong.
don’t just They agree with
him 100%
Even he can do that. Almost anyone can
do that task.
She can do even that It’s amazing how
many things she
can do.
Only men can attend Women can’t.
Men can only attend They can’t do
anything else.

5. Negative Adverbs
Placement and Inversion
We rarely
agree on such
things.
Rarely do we
I have seldom
Seldom have I heard that idea.
They never disagreed with him.
Never did they disagree with him