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- 04-Jan-2006, 14:45 #1
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Which adverbs can't go before a verb? Tell me if any below are wrong.
I absolutely like
I absolutely don't like
I extremely like
I extremely don't like
I completely like
I completely don't like
I most/more/less/least/better/best like
- 05-Jan-2006, 01:54 #2
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Teacher Re: Which adverbs can't go before a verb? I absolutely like
(absolutely is being used like this quite a lot nowadays)
I absolutely don't like
I extremely like
I extremely don't like
I completely like - possibly
I completely don't like
I most/more/less/least/better/best like we would be more likely to use these after the verb- I like x more, I 'most/least like' is OK.
- 17-Jan-2006, 13:55 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Which adverbs can't go before a verb? So is "I more/less/better/best like" wrong?
Originally Posted by tdol
And these?
I somewhat want to ...
I somewhat don't want to ...
I somewhat think that ...
I somewhat don't think that ...
I somewhat like ...
I somewhat don't like ...Last edited by dihen; 17-Jan-2006 at 14:17.
- 19-Jan-2006, 05:02 #4
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Teacher Re: Which adverbs can't go before a verb? Your somewhat examples are OK in the positive, but I don't like the negatives very much- I would be more likely to say 'sort of'.
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