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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Another LY Adverb Example

While editing a paragraph in a manuscript of my own this afternoon, I came across another LY adverb error. I had written the sentence this way:

The property had previously been leased to the Russ family who operated a butcher shop next to the inn.

The better choice would be to move "previously" so it is not separating the parts of the verb:

The property had been leased previously to the Russ family....

Another choice would be to used "previously" at the beginning of the sentence, still keeping the subject and the parts of the verb together:

Previously, the property had been leased to the Russ family....

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