Position of adverbs in passive sentences
Which of these sentences is correct?
I guess B and C are correct. However, I know an adverb should appear after the auxiliary verb, so A may be correct too.
A) Participation figures have steadily been falling since 1970.
B) Participation figures have been steadily falling since 1970.
C) Participation figures have been falling steadily since 1970.
Edits: Thanks to DavidK, I rewrote the sentence A since the word "steadily" was repeated twice.
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Answers · 9
4
B and C are correct.
1
A is wrong both because you have repeated “steadily” and due to the adverb location. B and C are ok but B sounds a little better.
I would prefer
Participation figures have steadily fallen since 1970. Or
Participation has steadily fallen since 1970.
1
B seems to be correct
0
B. is correct, the other two are wrong. The first one is very wrong.
0
B and C
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