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by selango » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:09 am
He told the story rapidly.

Here rapidly is adverb.Noun+verb+adverb
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by shweta.kalra » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:16 am
IS nt :RAPIDLY: AN ADVERB and should close to the verb TOLD

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by selango » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:22 am
Sorry.I got confused.
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by paes » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:24 am
shweta.kalra wrote:IS nt :RAPIDLY: AN ADVERB and should close to the verb TOLD
You are right - rapidly is an adverb.
But an adverb is not needed to be close to the verb.
[ A noun modifier must be close to the noun ]


He told the story rapidly : is looking better.

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