the position of adverb

[enydia]

Dear Teachers,

I'm really confused about the position of adverbs such as probably? Is there any general rule? In the following examples, which is/are grammatical?

Probably, without your help, I wouldn't have achieved so much.
Without your help, I probably wouldn't have achieved so much.
Without your help, I would probably not have achieved so much.
Without your help, I wouldn't probably have achieved so much.
Without your help, I wouldn't have probably achieved so much.
Without your help, I wouldn't have achieved so much, probably.

Thank you in advance.

Enydia

[Charlie Bernstein]

Originally Posted by enydia

Dear Teachers,

I'm really confused about the position of adverbs such as probably? Is there any general rule? In the following examples, which is/are grammatical?

Good question - that has to be confusing. You'll hear it placed all over the place, and I think all your examples can be defended. But these two are the most common and (not coincidentally) least awkward.

Without your help, I probably wouldn't have achieved so much.
Without your help, I would probably not have achieved so much.

Thank you in advance.

Enydia

You're welcome!

[enydia]

Originally Posted by Charlie Bernstein

You're welcome!

Thank you for your quick reply

In a positive sentence, what position is better? For example,

Probably, without his disturbance, I would have achieved more.
Without his disturbance, I probably would have achieved more.
Without his disturbance, I would probably have achieved more.
Without his disturbance, I would probably have achieved more.
Without his disturbance, I would have probably achieved more.
Without his disturbance, I would have achieved more, probably.

[enydia]

Another question: Do the adverbs of frequency, such as 'often', have the same usage?