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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rearranging adverbs #112012 09/13/2003 11:34 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA Last year, I submitted an article to a magazine for publication. It survived the editorial process pretty much as written, with one exception. In every case, where I had inserted an adverb after the helping verb (e.g., "... I will always have..."), and ( "...I was also responsible..."), the editor revised the phrases to read: "...I always will have..." and "...I also was responsible..." In the last example, I think he actually blurred the meaning of my statement. I was trying to convey that, among other responsibilities, I was required to, blah, blah. As revised, it could be interpreted that I was one of several who had that responsibility. Did I stray from a grammatical rule, or was the editor just expressing his stylistic preference? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112013 09/13/2003 11:40 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I'm with you John - I think he was detracting from your clear meaning. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112014 09/13/2003 11:43 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Apparently there are some people in the US (I first heard of this in a US publication and have never noticed it in printed material from elsewhere) who are so terrified of splitting an infinitive that they refuse to countenance any extraneous material dividing the verb phrase. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112015 09/14/2003 12:10 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >so terrified it was those damn nuns, I'm telling you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112016 09/14/2003 1:08 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky it was those damn nuns, I'm telling you. Ok--as one who did not go to Catholic school, this one took me a minute. I guess you meant like the nuns in "The Blues Brothers"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112017 09/14/2003 2:43 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I agree with Bingley's suggestion. I once had a copy editor exactly as described. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112018 09/14/2003 7:25 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 I agree with your interpretation JH. I does give the impression that you are sharing responsibility. Can you argue about it or is it too late? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112019 09/15/2003 12:36 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok >> it was those damn nuns, I'm telling you. What, you been watching reruns of "A Very Peculiar Practice" again? The nuns were almost the best part. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112020 09/16/2003 1:25 AM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA " Can you argue about it or is it too late?" The article appeared in a May 2002 magazine. I was not aware of the changes until I saw the published version. It was not worth going to GQ over, post facto. The editor was a retired U.S. Army Colonel who probably merited some special understanding. Incidentally, he passed away just a few months ago. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rearranging adverbs #112021 09/16/2003 2:12 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky ...and may he peacefully go to his rest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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