He has also gone/He also has gone

[ademoglu]

Hi,

*self-made sentences*

- He has also gone to the store.
- He also has gone to the store.

Both could mean:

1- He has gone to the store in addition to doing other things
or
2- He, in additional to other people, has gone to the store

That is, the meaning will depend on the context. This is my own assumption. What do you think?

Thanks.

 

[Raymott]

Yes. In speech, the intonation and context would tell the meaning. And in writing, that sentence wouldn't appear on its own.
The first sentence is more usual though for 1. For 2, it should be "He, also, has gone to the store".
"He went to the store too" is also ambiguous in the same way, and is disambiguated by context in the same way.

 

[ademoglu]

So many thanks, Raymond. I would like to ask one more question. I would like to know whether we can apply that to all the modals, such as 'will.' For example:

- He also will go to the store.

It is ambiguous too, am I right?

 

[Matthew Wai]

He,[STRIKE] in additional to[/STRIKE] as well as other people, [STRIKE]has [/STRIKE] have gone to the store.

Should 'has' be used instead of 'have'?

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

 

[ademoglu]

Yes.

What about the question that I asked in post 3?

 

[Rover_KE]

I would like to ask one more question. I would like to know whether we can apply that to all the modals, such as 'will.' For example:

- He also will go to the store.

It is ambiguous too, am I right?

It is ambiguous.

I'm not saying it applies to all the modals all the time.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'He, also, will go to the store.'
Would it be unambiguous?
Not a teacher.