Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Quick Tip: Adverbs + Focusing Auxiliaries

Here's one quick tip about "focusing" ADVERBS with AUXILIARY VERBS:

NOT: This only will help to lessen your burden... :-(

BUT: This will only help to lessen your burden... :-)

"This only helps lessen..." becomes "This will only help lessen..."

So, what are "focusing" adverbs?

They are adverbs which "point to" one part of a clause, and include only, also, just, even, mainly, mostly, either, neither.

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