The special use of adverb
Recently I had a problem in my homework.That was a sentence with a block to be filled.Here's it."Cancer is a terrible disease and the number of cases globally (increse)."My English teacher and I both agree that there should be "is increasing" but we are not sure if "is" can be put after an adverb.Can you solve this question?Please answer it as soon as possible.All of my thanks!!!The block is between "globally" and "(increase)".

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The special use of adverb
Recently I had a problem in my homework.That was a sentence with a block to be filled.Here's it."Cancer is a terrible disease and the number of cases globally           (increse)."My English teacher and I both agree that there should be "is increasing" but we are not sure if "is" can be put after an adverb.Can you solve this question?Please answer it as soon as possible.All of my thanks!!!The block is between "globally" and "(increase)".

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Yes, you can regard it as "the number of cases is increasing globally"

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Equally, "the number of cases globally is increasing"

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