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[Position of adverbs #1]
FOCUS: Natural position of adverbs.
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises:

1) Which of the following statements is true?
in the corpus, "however" always occurs in initial position
in the corpus, "however" never occurs in initial position
in the corpus, "however" occurs in various positions
in the corpus, "however" never occurs in final position

2) Search for "however" and sort the concordances by right word. The first four lines of hits show which of the following?
"however" in initial position
"however" in medial position
"however" in final position

3) Search for "is also" and "also is"; which of the two combinations is most commonly used in the corpus?
"is also"
"also is"
equally common (same number of hits)

4) Search for "can also" and "also can"; which of the two combinations is most commonly used in the corpus?
"can also"
"also can"
equally common (same number of hits)

5) Search for "did also" and "also did"; which of the two combinations is most commonly used in the corpus?
"did also"
"also did"
equally common (same number of hits)

6) Which of the following three combinations does not occur in the corpus?
"is usually not"
"is not usually"
"usually is not"
all three occur in the corpus

7) Search for "nonetheless" (sort concordance by keyword). The first 4 lines of hits show "also" most frequently occurring in which of the following?
"nonetheless" in initial position
"nonetheless" in medial position
"nonetheless" in final position

8) Search for "nonetheless" (sort concordance by left word). The first 4 lines of hits show which of the following?
"nonetheless" in initial position
"nonetheless" in medial position
"nonetheless" in final position


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