He would probably have been justified.

[99bottles]

"would probably have" or "would have probably"

Hello all, Unfortunately I could not find my answer in similar threads here. Which one do you think is correct ? 1) If he had objected to his friend in those days, he would probably have been justified. 2) If he had objected to his friend in those days, he would have probably been justified...

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One time, long ago, I saw somewhere that the adverb usually goes after the first auxilliary verb. A while ago, on a thread I made on this forum, you told me that whoever said that did not know what they were talking about and the adverb goes after all auxilliary verbs and before the main verb. Now, on the thread above, an English speaking person (Post #2) says that it goes after the first auxilliary. I'm feeling dizzy!

Edit: The thread I made here, where you told me it goes after all auxilliaries, was 'must have accidentally dropped vs must accidentally have dropped'.

 

[5jj]

The thread I made here, where you told me it goes after all auxilliaries, was 'must have accidentally dropped vs must accidentally have dropped'.

Could you give us a link to that thread, please.

 

[99bottles]

Could you give us a link to that thread, please.

I hope you appreciate the hell I went through to find this link.

We must have accidentally switched the strollers.

I have heard that, in most cases, the adverb goes after the first auxiliary verb. Is this true? If it's true, then why did I find so many examples with must have accidentally whereas I found no examples with must accidentally have? Isn't must the first auxiliary verb in that structure...

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[5jj]

I hope you appreciate the hell I went through to find this link.

We must have accidentally switched the strollers.

I have heard that, in most cases, the adverb goes after the first auxiliary verb. Is this true? If it's true, then why did I find so many examples with must have accidentally whereas I found no examples with must accidentally have? Isn't must the first auxiliary verb in that structure...

usingenglish.com

I don't appreciate wasting my time. I found that thread with very little problem, but carried on searching because you told us the thread was titled 'must have accidentally dropped vs must accidentally have dropped'. You also said you told me that whoever said that did not know what they were talking about and the adverb goes after all auxiliary verbs and before the main verb. I can't find those words in that thread.

Perhaps it might be better if you simply asked us one simple question, without worrying about your memory of what you read long ago or expecting us to flick from this page, to a WordRef page and to an earlier thread in this forum.

 

[jutfrank]

I say, as I said in the other post, that it depends on the kind of adverb. Adverbs that carry a sense of modality (e.g. probably) operate on the first auxiliary (the modal verb), and so typically go directly after the first auxiliary. If the adverb is modifying the main verb (e.g. adverbs of manner), then it typically goes proximate to the main verb.

 

[Tdol]

Auxiliary only has one l. You're probably feeling dizzy because you are combining suggestions and trying to turn them into rules, and ignoring features of the suggestions.