I had been talking to Ken regularly about his homework VS I had been regularly talkin

[Polyester]

I had been talking to Ken regularly about his homework.

VS

I had been regularly talking to Ken about his homework.

Are they correct? And is the meaning same?

 

[Rover_KE]

1. I had been talking to Ken regularly about his homework.
[STRIKE]VS[/STRIKE]
2. I had been regularly talking to Ken about his homework.

Are they correct, and is the meaning the same?

I see no reason for the use of the past perfect tense ('I had been talking').

Click here to read about the use of that tense.

 

[Polyester]

I have been talking to Ken regularly about his homework.

VS

I have been regularly talking to Ken about his homework.

Are they ok now after the revisions? Can you tell me the adverb "regularly" put the right position to both sentences?

Are they meaning the same?

 

[probus]

They are both correct and intelligible now. The first seems slightly more natural, but that could be either regional or just my personal preference. Let's see what others say.

Your VS is an abbreviation of the Latin versus, against. It should be writtem vs or vs. not capitalized.

 

[Polyester]

Can you tell me the adverb "regularly" put the right position to both sentences?

 

[emsr2d2]

Can you tell me if the adverb "regularly" [STRIKE]put[/STRIKE] is in the right position [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] in both sentences?

They're both possible.

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER


Polyester, I have been fascinated (and confused) by the placement of adverbs ever since I read that there is a difference between "He slowly swam" and "He swam slowly."

So I checked the Web and found some information that I am going to enter into my notebook regarding the placement of "regularly."

I went to the "Books" section of Google and found some information on page 142 in English Adverbials" (2017) by Don Lee Fred Nilsen.

He gives these two sentences: (a) "They regularly cook rice" and (b) "They cook rice regularly." Mr. Nilsen claims that when "regularly" is before the verb, the adverb is clearly an adverb of frequency, but when "regularly" is after the verb, it could be either an adverb of frequency or of manner.

 

[jutfrank]

To answer the question: Yes, they have the same meaning since regularly is an adverb of frequency in both cases.