order of adverbs

[aysaa]

Hello,

1. I want you to be always happy.

2. I want you to always be happy.

3. I want you to visit often to your elders.

4. I want you to often visit to your elders.

5. I want you often to visit to your elders.

I think the sentences 1 and3 are OK, but I would like to ask if the rest of them grammatically OK or not.

Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello,

1. I want you to be always happy.

2. I want you to always be happy.

3. I want you to visit often to your elders.

4. I want you to often visit to your elders.

5. I want you often to visit to your elders.

I think the sentences 1 and3 are OK, but I would like to ask if the rest of them grammatically OK or not.

Thanks.

With 3, 4 and 5, the problem is that we don't "visit to someone". We just "visit someone". I don't find the position of "often" very natural in any of those 3. I would put it at the end.

 

[5jj]

With 3, 4 and 5, the problem is that we don't "visit to someone". We just "visit someone".

We don't often visit our 'elders', either. In fact, I have never visited an 'elder' in my life.

 

[anhnha]

We don't often visit our 'elders', either. In fact, I have never visited an 'elder' in my life.

Could you tell me why? I really don't understand it.

 

[5jj]

Could you tell me why? I really don't understand it.

We don't use the word 'elder' unless we are speaking of senior members of certain churches or tribes. Perhaps you mean 'elderly members of the family'.

 

[aysaa]

Thanks for the answers. Are the sentences 1 and 2 OK?

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks for the answers. Are [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] sentences 1 and 2 OK?

I would say "I want you to be happy all the time" or "I want you to be happy forever". I'm having trouble fitting "always" in there naturally. I would say that "I want you to be happy always" is the best position but I probably wouldn't use it.