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No problem on the subjunctive. I just want to give you an accurate answer and I need ot check some resources. Unfortunatley I am extremely busy right now. I will try to get to it when I can.
As far as "I have been impatiently waiting" and "I have impatiently been waiting" I will check into that also. I may be giving you the informal use and not the formal. I can see why the Canandians may be saying you can't split the been waiting just like the infinitive. So let me double-check.
I know you are dedicated to teaching accurately and I respect that very much. If we could be face to face in person it would be so much easier to deal with these issues through back and forth conversation, gestures and facial expressions. But we can just try out best through writing.
The issue when using the infinitive is actually easy. There is a simple rule in English. Never split infinitives. This is a classic rule and is often broken in informal speech. But in formal or correct English, we don’t insert any words between the to and the base verb. So the only correct way to say this is:
He promised never to do that again.
Think of the infinitive as two words that are connected and they will lose their identity if we split them or separate them from one another. This is only true with infinitives as the compound and complex verb forms do split the verbs forms and we do insert adverbs into them.
He promised never to do that or
He promised to never do that.
While either usage makes perfect sense, technically speaking, you should not "split an infinitive." It is always better to avoid that when the sentence remains cohesive, and the meaning clear.
So sentence one is preferable.
Our friends have discouragingly given up on ever finding a new home. Present perfect
The cat had seldom eaten from my hand before I decided to give it caviar. Past perfect
The carpenter will hardly have finished his job by the time the sun goes down. Future perfect
Modals and base verbs: (in between the modal and the base verb)
I would hardly say he is a kind person.
When I was a boy I would curiously search for bugs and worms in my father’s garden.
I must enthusiastically support my children’s education.
Cathleen said she would never be done with her project if she didn’t get some help soon.
I can barely stand that man.
I may begrudgingly pay the parking ticket.
Your sister should dutifully share in the care of your mother.
I couldn’t ever live in a desert.
Perfect continuous tenses: (complex tenses using 3 verb forms): Adverbs can be placed between any two verb forms without changing the meaning.
My students have happily been reading English novels. Present perfect continuous.
My students have been happily reading English novels.
Before my son arrived home I had hardly been waiting for him. Past perfect continuous.
Before my son arrived home I had been hardly waiting for him.
I will have continually been studying English for 7 years by next semester. Future perfect continuous.
I will have been continually studying English for 7 years by next semester.
As to your previous question about the subjunctive in fiction or story, I already answered it and then before sending it I looked at what I said and wasn’t sure. I just want to double check my answer to make sure it is correct and not just my way of doing things. But I have gotten into being a bit overwhelmed at this point and have not returned to it yet. I will try to do so this weekend.
As far as where to place an adverb when using verb forms, I always tell my students to simplify this question by asking if there is one verb form (simple), two verb forms (compound) or three verb forms (complex).
Simple verb tenses: the adverb tends to go before the verb
Cattle primarily live on grain and grass. Simple present
Jennifer wholeheartedly supported women’s rights in her country of origin. Simple past
Verbs that use other infinitives: We never split infinitives with an adverb or any other type of word.
He promised never to do that again.
Compound verbs (two verb forms together): the adverb goes in between the verb forms
Simple Continuous tenses:
I am always having a bad day. Present continuous
Civilians were often uprising against the government. Past continuous
My sister will never be traveling to Mexico again. Future continuous
The lawyers are rarely going to do their services for free. Present continuous of go plus infinitive used as future
Generally we call the @, the 'at sign'. Officially it is called the 'commercial at'. It was originally used to express how much something cost. For example, You can buy apples @ $1.79 a pound. But, of course, we are using it for email addresses. So the email whoever@comcast.net is pronounced whoever at comcast.net.
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