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I don't think I would word it like that. I'm not saying it's wrong because I honestly don't know if it would be grammatically correct to word it like that, but I don't think I've ever heard "still probably". I would either say "He is probably still asleep" or "He is probably asleep still". The first one "He is probably still asleep" is the best option.
I guess the awkwardness results from the 'still' referring to a probability - He remains in the state of being probably asleep. Kind of weird ;-)
Thanks for putting my feelings into words. You hit the nail on the head there.
Sounds good! While as a native speaker, 'still' isn't one of the words that give me problems, there are some I find more troublesome, the placement of 'only' in a sentence is one. Ex: I don't want you to think only this, or this only, as one of the words that only has this problem.
There is a very complex order of adverbs in English, even some native speakers have no idea.
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That would communicate 'he continues to be probably asleep' rather than 'he probably continues to be asleep'.
I wish duolingo would discuss sentence structure furthur with adverbs. The structure of this sentence confused me at first, because the adverbs came after.
I'll post to you what I found online @ lingolia for if an adverb is in the middle of a sentence.
- The adverb generally comes after the dative object and before the accusative.
- To add emphasis onto the adverb, you can place it after the accusative.
- You cannot place adverbs directly before pronouns. If both objects are pronouns, place the adverb after them.
- If there is no object, the adverb goes after the verb.
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Sorry, no, you can't. In modern English 'yet' is not a synonym for 'still'. But you might find it in Shakespeare!
