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In 2009, a government-issued
• D - Determiner
• O - Ordinal
textbook for An elementary level
• C - Cardinal English course advised the pupils
• Si - Size to follow the acronym DOCSiShQACNMN
• Sh - Shape in order to sequence adjectives.
• Q - Quality However, no such grammatical
• A - Age rule has yet become widely accepted in
• C - Color English Linguistics.
• NM - Noun modifier
• N - Noun
In the normal word order, the adverbs come at the end
of the sentence in the following sequence:
1. Adverb of Manner
2. Adverb of Place
3. Adverb of Time
Note that the adverbs of place and time, when used with verbs other
than be, may be repositioned elsewhere, but not the adverb of manner.
Example:
He delivered the lecture this morning excellently at the conference.
He delivered the lecture excellently at the conference this morning.
At the conference this morning, he delivered the lecture excellently.
The adverb of frequency is placed before the verb,
except the verb be.
Ex. Books often seem authoritative, yet are
sometimes erroneous.
The adverb of time is often preposed, i.e., put at
the beginning of the sentence.
Ex. This morning, he delivered the lecture
excellently at the conference.
This initial position makes the adverb of time refer
directly to the main verb. A final position could make the
reference of the adverb of time ambiguous.
De Klerk initiated reconciliation moves with Mandela,
when still the prime minister of South Africa.
When still the prime minister of South Africa, De
Klerk initiated reconciliation moves with Mandela.
De Klerk initiated reconciliation moves with Mandela,
while still in prison.
De Klerk initiated reconciliation moves with Mandela
who was then still in prison.
When an adverb expressing a negation or near-negation is
preposed (put at the head of the sentence), the sentence uses
the interrogative word order, the verb or auxiliary verb which
takes tense is positioned before the subject.
Example:
The audience has never heard such harmonies before.
Never has the audience heard such harmonies before.
The school will offer not only computer science but
computer engineering as well.
Not only will the school offer computer science but
computer engineering as well.
In like manner, the preposed adverb of place
modified by only causes the inflected verb
(whether auxiliary, modal, or main verb) to
come before the subject.
Example:
You can find such a rare book in the library.
In the library you can find such a rare book.
Only in the library can you find such a rare
book.
The Position of the Adverb Already
Unlike its Filipino equivalent na, it is normally positioned within
the clause.
Example:
The contract has already been signed.
We already suspected that the First Gentleman was
involved.
Dates in text may take three forms. Note the absence of the comma in the
second form:
Example:
The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened on September
11, 2001.
The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened on 11
September 2001.
The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened on 11th of
September, 2001.
The name of the day precedes the date:
Example:
The American Occupation of the Philippines
officially ended on Thursday, the 4th of July,
1946.
The sequence of verbs in a narrative sentence should
follow the time order of the event:
Example:
I plan to post problem words on the bulletin board so
that everyone could understand and read them.
…so that everyone could read and understand them.
The sequence of nouns in a descriptive sentence should be
in accordance with the space order your readers can
easily follow:
Example:
The séance was a quite moving experience.
The séance was quite a moving experience.
The UPCAT is quite easy.
The UPCAT is quite an easy test.
are infinitives with an adverb positioned between
to and the adverb stem- are acceptable when the
adverb are short words.
Examples:
The guard asked the intruder to kindly leave.
Archimedes was able to really convince the king
that the crown was not of pure gold.
In general, though split infinitives, should be avoided.
Adverbs of time, in particular, should not be positioned
within an infinitive.
Example:
The DPWH wanted to immediately construct anti-lahar
dikes.
The DPWH wanted to construct anti-lahar dikes
immediately .
I expect to soon know the results of our probe.
I expect to know the results of our probe soon.
Some words, like only, are quite versatile in position, yet
no two positions would have the same meaning. Make
sure that you position such words carefully
• Only the mathematicians in the institute were kept in the dark
about the true purpose of their work for the government’s
weapons program.
• The mathematicians in the only institute were kept in the dark
about the true purpose of their work for the government’s
weapons program.
• The mathematicians in the institute were only kept in the dark
about the true purpose of their work for the government’s
weapons program.
The odd position of only in the famous
pop song with the same title: