+295.+ When we use an adverb with an adjective or other adverb, we
usually place the adverb before the adjective or adverb which it
modifies. For example:
She is _very_ studious.
Results come _rather_ slowly.
It is _quite_ evident.
He speaks _too_ rapidly.
When we use an adverb with the simple form of the verb, (that is, either
the present or past time form or any time form in which we do not need
to use a phrase), if the verb is a complete verb, we place the adverb
after the verb. For example:
The boat arrived _safely_.
The man came _quickly_.
The boy ran _fast_.
The teacher spoke _hastily_.
But when the verb is an incomplete verb used in the simple form, the
adverb usually precedes it in order not to come between the verb and its
object. As, for example:
He _willingly_ gave his consent to the proposition.
She _gladly_ wrote the letter which we requested.
A soldier _always_ obeys the command of a superior officer.
When the object of the incomplete verb is short, then the adverb is
sometimes placed after the object. As, for example:
I study my lessons _carefully_.
He wrote a letter _hastily_.
The object is more closely connected with the verb and so is placed
nearer the verb. However, when the object is modified by a phrase the
adverb is sometimes placed immediately after the verb, as:
I studied _carefully_ the lessons given for this month.
He wrote _hastily_ a short letter to his son.
When we use an adverb with a verb phrase, we usually place the adverb
after the first word in the verb phrase. For example:
The boy has _always_ worked.
The workers will _then_ understand.
He will _surely_ have arrived by that time.
When the verb is in the passive form the adverb immediately precedes the
principal verb, as for example:
The work can be _quickly_ finished.
The obstacles can be _readily_ overcome.
The lesson must be _carefully_ prepared.
The workers must be _thoroughly_ organized.
When an adverb of time and an adverb of manner or place are used to
modify the same verb, the adverb of time is placed first and the adverb
of manner or place second, as for example:
I _often_ stop _there_.
He _usually_ walks _very rapidly_.
They _soon_ learn to work _rapidly_.
If the sentence contains adverbs of time, of place, and of manner; the
adverb of time should come first; of place, second; and of manner,
third; as:
He _usually_ comes _here quickly_.