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To what extent can someone interpret transitive verb” and it’s “object, and what is it possible to use to make sure it has no mistake either in grammar or meaning?



For instance, look at this sentence




  • My friend is trying to illustrate in sequence all scenes of the movie.



I usually would write the sentence above in the following form:




  • My friend is trying to illustrate all scenes of the movie in sequence.



I know that an object typically follows a transitive verb with no interruption.



My question is what are the rules to follow when we want to interpret the combination of a transitive verb with an object?










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    To what extent can someone interpret transitive verb” and it’s “object, and what is it possible to use to make sure it has no mistake either in grammar or meaning?



    For instance, look at this sentence




    • My friend is trying to illustrate in sequence all scenes of the movie.



    I usually would write the sentence above in the following form:




    • My friend is trying to illustrate all scenes of the movie in sequence.



    I know that an object typically follows a transitive verb with no interruption.



    My question is what are the rules to follow when we want to interpret the combination of a transitive verb with an object?










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      To what extent can someone interpret transitive verb” and it’s “object, and what is it possible to use to make sure it has no mistake either in grammar or meaning?



      For instance, look at this sentence




      • My friend is trying to illustrate in sequence all scenes of the movie.



      I usually would write the sentence above in the following form:




      • My friend is trying to illustrate all scenes of the movie in sequence.



      I know that an object typically follows a transitive verb with no interruption.



      My question is what are the rules to follow when we want to interpret the combination of a transitive verb with an object?










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      To what extent can someone interpret transitive verb” and it’s “object, and what is it possible to use to make sure it has no mistake either in grammar or meaning?



      For instance, look at this sentence




      • My friend is trying to illustrate in sequence all scenes of the movie.



      I usually would write the sentence above in the following form:




      • My friend is trying to illustrate all scenes of the movie in sequence.



      I know that an object typically follows a transitive verb with no interruption.



      My question is what are the rules to follow when we want to interpret the combination of a transitive verb with an object?







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          It's not about rules, but more about style and readability. One problem with inserting adverbs between the verb and the object is that it may not be clear what they modify. One silly example of this:




          Adam: He rode quickly his horse into town.

          Byron: You mean he rode into town quickly?

          Adam: No, "Quickly" is the name of his horse.




          In your example, there is no chance "in sequence" modifies "all scenes", so it doesn't much matter if you put it in the middle or at the end of the sentence. If you are concerned about readability, add commas




          My friend is trying to illustrate**, in sequence,** all the scenes of the movie.




          Note: It's even possible to add it at the start of the sentence; however because we don't know what it modifies, it add some measure of "emphasis" and/or "dramatic tension".




          In sequence, my friend is trying to illustrate all the scenes of the movie.




          This may be appropriate if you want to contrast this method with illustrating some other way (non-sequentially?) or if you want to draw special notice to the fact that the illustrations are sequential. This is probably not something you want to do in your example, but it might work in a different context:




          One by one, the chess prodigy soundly defeated all the masters who came to challenge him.







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            The rule is that that you can interpose adverbs, indirect objects, and prepositional phrases between a verb and its direct object. Anyone who tells you there must be no interruption is simply citing a false rule.



            What is true is that an interruption by a long, complex prepositional phrase may interfere with comprehension. That is a question of style rather than strict grammar.



            With reference to your specific example, I would put "in sequence" at the end of the sentence unless I wanted to emphasize that the illustrations were in sequence. Alterations of word order are a common way to indicate emphasis.



            A native speaker would likely pause briefly between "illustrate" and "in sequence," and that pause would indicate a more complex word order than usual. In writing, I personally would mimic that pause by placing commas before and after "in sequence."






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            • Actually, on reflection I'm cancelling my upvote. It's quite true that there's no "rule" saying you can't interpose an adverb between verb and object (well, Cambridge Dictionary appear to claim there's such a rule, but they're simply being sloppy / misleading). But it's not really just a matter of style. Their example She plays really well the piano really is "unacceptable". This isn't a matter of "style" OR "grammar". It's a matter of "idiomacy" (in this case, a principle that native speakers don't break, and they don't really have any choice about it).

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              But I have given a counter-example that is idiomatic. What the Cambridge Dictionary is saying is an absolute rule is not an absolute rule. I agree with the dictionary's specific example, but that merely shows that any rule about idiomatic placement of adverbs is more complex than the dictionary says.

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            Cambridge Dictionary says We don’t put adverbs between the verb and the object, citing as an example




            She plays the piano really well

            Not: She plays really well the piano.




            But so far as I can see, in OP's example, in sequence is an adverbial element modifying the verb illustrate in exactly the same way really well adverbially modifies plays in the Cambridge example.



            It's irrelevant that the specific verb in OP's example is an infinitive form governed by is trying, because it's also "okay" to say He is illustrating in sequence all scenes of the movie.




            Note that I put okay in "scare quotes" above. Some people might not like it at all, and some might think it's just slightly "off". But I really can't imagine anyone complaining about a teacher saying to a pupil...




            I've circled in red all the words you misspelled in your homework




            I think what this nets down to is we usually avoid putting an adverbial element between verb and object. But not always - particularly if the object is a longer text string than the adverbial element (in which case we might want to get the adverb in early, so the reader doesn't have to remember too far back to identify the relevant verb being modified).






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              You can of course place an adverb between verb and direct object. "She sang, badly, the national anthem" is a grammatical sentence. It is not standard word order, but that does not mean that is ungrammatical, whether you are descriptive or prescriptive in your grammatical leanings.

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            • @JeffMorrow: I wouldn't dream of suggesting "ungrammatical" is a relevant concept here. But idiomatic is certainly relevant, and surely nobody would deny that the "strike through" example above (Cambridge Dictionary's orthography, I just reproduced it faithfully) isn't something native speakers actually say. If you want to really learn a language, you need to know what the natives do and don't say, regardless of what the rules say they should / shouldn't say.

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              My example is quite idiomatic, at least in the U.S. Perhaps it is completely unacceptable in British English. Perhaps that explains why a British dictionary makes their "rule" (or "assertion" or whatever you want to call it) absolute.

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            It's not about rules, but more about style and readability. One problem with inserting adverbs between the verb and the object is that it may not be clear what they modify. One silly example of this:




            Adam: He rode quickly his horse into town.

            Byron: You mean he rode into town quickly?

            Adam: No, "Quickly" is the name of his horse.




            In your example, there is no chance "in sequence" modifies "all scenes", so it doesn't much matter if you put it in the middle or at the end of the sentence. If you are concerned about readability, add commas




            My friend is trying to illustrate**, in sequence,** all the scenes of the movie.




            Note: It's even possible to add it at the start of the sentence; however because we don't know what it modifies, it add some measure of "emphasis" and/or "dramatic tension".




            In sequence, my friend is trying to illustrate all the scenes of the movie.




            This may be appropriate if you want to contrast this method with illustrating some other way (non-sequentially?) or if you want to draw special notice to the fact that the illustrations are sequential. This is probably not something you want to do in your example, but it might work in a different context:




            One by one, the chess prodigy soundly defeated all the masters who came to challenge him.







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              It's not about rules, but more about style and readability. One problem with inserting adverbs between the verb and the object is that it may not be clear what they modify. One silly example of this:




              Adam: He rode quickly his horse into town.

              Byron: You mean he rode into town quickly?

              Adam: No, "Quickly" is the name of his horse.




              In your example, there is no chance "in sequence" modifies "all scenes", so it doesn't much matter if you put it in the middle or at the end of the sentence. If you are concerned about readability, add commas




              My friend is trying to illustrate**, in sequence,** all the scenes of the movie.




              Note: It's even possible to add it at the start of the sentence; however because we don't know what it modifies, it add some measure of "emphasis" and/or "dramatic tension".




              In sequence, my friend is trying to illustrate all the scenes of the movie.




              This may be appropriate if you want to contrast this method with illustrating some other way (non-sequentially?) or if you want to draw special notice to the fact that the illustrations are sequential. This is probably not something you want to do in your example, but it might work in a different context:




              One by one, the chess prodigy soundly defeated all the masters who came to challenge him.







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                It's not about rules, but more about style and readability. One problem with inserting adverbs between the verb and the object is that it may not be clear what they modify. One silly example of this:




                Adam: He rode quickly his horse into town.

                Byron: You mean he rode into town quickly?

                Adam: No, "Quickly" is the name of his horse.




                In your example, there is no chance "in sequence" modifies "all scenes", so it doesn't much matter if you put it in the middle or at the end of the sentence. If you are concerned about readability, add commas




                My friend is trying to illustrate**, in sequence,** all the scenes of the movie.




                Note: It's even possible to add it at the start of the sentence; however because we don't know what it modifies, it add some measure of "emphasis" and/or "dramatic tension".




                In sequence, my friend is trying to illustrate all the scenes of the movie.




                This may be appropriate if you want to contrast this method with illustrating some other way (non-sequentially?) or if you want to draw special notice to the fact that the illustrations are sequential. This is probably not something you want to do in your example, but it might work in a different context:




                One by one, the chess prodigy soundly defeated all the masters who came to challenge him.







                share|improve this answer













                It's not about rules, but more about style and readability. One problem with inserting adverbs between the verb and the object is that it may not be clear what they modify. One silly example of this:




                Adam: He rode quickly his horse into town.

                Byron: You mean he rode into town quickly?

                Adam: No, "Quickly" is the name of his horse.




                In your example, there is no chance "in sequence" modifies "all scenes", so it doesn't much matter if you put it in the middle or at the end of the sentence. If you are concerned about readability, add commas




                My friend is trying to illustrate**, in sequence,** all the scenes of the movie.




                Note: It's even possible to add it at the start of the sentence; however because we don't know what it modifies, it add some measure of "emphasis" and/or "dramatic tension".




                In sequence, my friend is trying to illustrate all the scenes of the movie.




                This may be appropriate if you want to contrast this method with illustrating some other way (non-sequentially?) or if you want to draw special notice to the fact that the illustrations are sequential. This is probably not something you want to do in your example, but it might work in a different context:




                One by one, the chess prodigy soundly defeated all the masters who came to challenge him.








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                    The rule is that that you can interpose adverbs, indirect objects, and prepositional phrases between a verb and its direct object. Anyone who tells you there must be no interruption is simply citing a false rule.



                    What is true is that an interruption by a long, complex prepositional phrase may interfere with comprehension. That is a question of style rather than strict grammar.



                    With reference to your specific example, I would put "in sequence" at the end of the sentence unless I wanted to emphasize that the illustrations were in sequence. Alterations of word order are a common way to indicate emphasis.



                    A native speaker would likely pause briefly between "illustrate" and "in sequence," and that pause would indicate a more complex word order than usual. In writing, I personally would mimic that pause by placing commas before and after "in sequence."






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                    • Actually, on reflection I'm cancelling my upvote. It's quite true that there's no "rule" saying you can't interpose an adverb between verb and object (well, Cambridge Dictionary appear to claim there's such a rule, but they're simply being sloppy / misleading). But it's not really just a matter of style. Their example She plays really well the piano really is "unacceptable". This isn't a matter of "style" OR "grammar". It's a matter of "idiomacy" (in this case, a principle that native speakers don't break, and they don't really have any choice about it).

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                      But I have given a counter-example that is idiomatic. What the Cambridge Dictionary is saying is an absolute rule is not an absolute rule. I agree with the dictionary's specific example, but that merely shows that any rule about idiomatic placement of adverbs is more complex than the dictionary says.

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                    The rule is that that you can interpose adverbs, indirect objects, and prepositional phrases between a verb and its direct object. Anyone who tells you there must be no interruption is simply citing a false rule.



                    What is true is that an interruption by a long, complex prepositional phrase may interfere with comprehension. That is a question of style rather than strict grammar.



                    With reference to your specific example, I would put "in sequence" at the end of the sentence unless I wanted to emphasize that the illustrations were in sequence. Alterations of word order are a common way to indicate emphasis.



                    A native speaker would likely pause briefly between "illustrate" and "in sequence," and that pause would indicate a more complex word order than usual. In writing, I personally would mimic that pause by placing commas before and after "in sequence."






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                    • Actually, on reflection I'm cancelling my upvote. It's quite true that there's no "rule" saying you can't interpose an adverb between verb and object (well, Cambridge Dictionary appear to claim there's such a rule, but they're simply being sloppy / misleading). But it's not really just a matter of style. Their example She plays really well the piano really is "unacceptable". This isn't a matter of "style" OR "grammar". It's a matter of "idiomacy" (in this case, a principle that native speakers don't break, and they don't really have any choice about it).

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                      But I have given a counter-example that is idiomatic. What the Cambridge Dictionary is saying is an absolute rule is not an absolute rule. I agree with the dictionary's specific example, but that merely shows that any rule about idiomatic placement of adverbs is more complex than the dictionary says.

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                    The rule is that that you can interpose adverbs, indirect objects, and prepositional phrases between a verb and its direct object. Anyone who tells you there must be no interruption is simply citing a false rule.



                    What is true is that an interruption by a long, complex prepositional phrase may interfere with comprehension. That is a question of style rather than strict grammar.



                    With reference to your specific example, I would put "in sequence" at the end of the sentence unless I wanted to emphasize that the illustrations were in sequence. Alterations of word order are a common way to indicate emphasis.



                    A native speaker would likely pause briefly between "illustrate" and "in sequence," and that pause would indicate a more complex word order than usual. In writing, I personally would mimic that pause by placing commas before and after "in sequence."






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                    The rule is that that you can interpose adverbs, indirect objects, and prepositional phrases between a verb and its direct object. Anyone who tells you there must be no interruption is simply citing a false rule.



                    What is true is that an interruption by a long, complex prepositional phrase may interfere with comprehension. That is a question of style rather than strict grammar.



                    With reference to your specific example, I would put "in sequence" at the end of the sentence unless I wanted to emphasize that the illustrations were in sequence. Alterations of word order are a common way to indicate emphasis.



                    A native speaker would likely pause briefly between "illustrate" and "in sequence," and that pause would indicate a more complex word order than usual. In writing, I personally would mimic that pause by placing commas before and after "in sequence."







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                    • Actually, on reflection I'm cancelling my upvote. It's quite true that there's no "rule" saying you can't interpose an adverb between verb and object (well, Cambridge Dictionary appear to claim there's such a rule, but they're simply being sloppy / misleading). But it's not really just a matter of style. Their example She plays really well the piano really is "unacceptable". This isn't a matter of "style" OR "grammar". It's a matter of "idiomacy" (in this case, a principle that native speakers don't break, and they don't really have any choice about it).

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                      But I have given a counter-example that is idiomatic. What the Cambridge Dictionary is saying is an absolute rule is not an absolute rule. I agree with the dictionary's specific example, but that merely shows that any rule about idiomatic placement of adverbs is more complex than the dictionary says.

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                    • Actually, on reflection I'm cancelling my upvote. It's quite true that there's no "rule" saying you can't interpose an adverb between verb and object (well, Cambridge Dictionary appear to claim there's such a rule, but they're simply being sloppy / misleading). But it's not really just a matter of style. Their example She plays really well the piano really is "unacceptable". This isn't a matter of "style" OR "grammar". It's a matter of "idiomacy" (in this case, a principle that native speakers don't break, and they don't really have any choice about it).

                      – FumbleFingers
                      6 hours ago






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                      But I have given a counter-example that is idiomatic. What the Cambridge Dictionary is saying is an absolute rule is not an absolute rule. I agree with the dictionary's specific example, but that merely shows that any rule about idiomatic placement of adverbs is more complex than the dictionary says.

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                    Actually, on reflection I'm cancelling my upvote. It's quite true that there's no "rule" saying you can't interpose an adverb between verb and object (well, Cambridge Dictionary appear to claim there's such a rule, but they're simply being sloppy / misleading). But it's not really just a matter of style. Their example She plays really well the piano really is "unacceptable". This isn't a matter of "style" OR "grammar". It's a matter of "idiomacy" (in this case, a principle that native speakers don't break, and they don't really have any choice about it).

                    – FumbleFingers
                    6 hours ago





                    Actually, on reflection I'm cancelling my upvote. It's quite true that there's no "rule" saying you can't interpose an adverb between verb and object (well, Cambridge Dictionary appear to claim there's such a rule, but they're simply being sloppy / misleading). But it's not really just a matter of style. Their example She plays really well the piano really is "unacceptable". This isn't a matter of "style" OR "grammar". It's a matter of "idiomacy" (in this case, a principle that native speakers don't break, and they don't really have any choice about it).

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                    But I have given a counter-example that is idiomatic. What the Cambridge Dictionary is saying is an absolute rule is not an absolute rule. I agree with the dictionary's specific example, but that merely shows that any rule about idiomatic placement of adverbs is more complex than the dictionary says.

                    – Jeff Morrow
                    5 hours ago





                    But I have given a counter-example that is idiomatic. What the Cambridge Dictionary is saying is an absolute rule is not an absolute rule. I agree with the dictionary's specific example, but that merely shows that any rule about idiomatic placement of adverbs is more complex than the dictionary says.

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                    Cambridge Dictionary says We don’t put adverbs between the verb and the object, citing as an example




                    She plays the piano really well

                    Not: She plays really well the piano.




                    But so far as I can see, in OP's example, in sequence is an adverbial element modifying the verb illustrate in exactly the same way really well adverbially modifies plays in the Cambridge example.



                    It's irrelevant that the specific verb in OP's example is an infinitive form governed by is trying, because it's also "okay" to say He is illustrating in sequence all scenes of the movie.




                    Note that I put okay in "scare quotes" above. Some people might not like it at all, and some might think it's just slightly "off". But I really can't imagine anyone complaining about a teacher saying to a pupil...




                    I've circled in red all the words you misspelled in your homework




                    I think what this nets down to is we usually avoid putting an adverbial element between verb and object. But not always - particularly if the object is a longer text string than the adverbial element (in which case we might want to get the adverb in early, so the reader doesn't have to remember too far back to identify the relevant verb being modified).






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                      You can of course place an adverb between verb and direct object. "She sang, badly, the national anthem" is a grammatical sentence. It is not standard word order, but that does not mean that is ungrammatical, whether you are descriptive or prescriptive in your grammatical leanings.

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                    • @JeffMorrow: I wouldn't dream of suggesting "ungrammatical" is a relevant concept here. But idiomatic is certainly relevant, and surely nobody would deny that the "strike through" example above (Cambridge Dictionary's orthography, I just reproduced it faithfully) isn't something native speakers actually say. If you want to really learn a language, you need to know what the natives do and don't say, regardless of what the rules say they should / shouldn't say.

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                      My example is quite idiomatic, at least in the U.S. Perhaps it is completely unacceptable in British English. Perhaps that explains why a British dictionary makes their "rule" (or "assertion" or whatever you want to call it) absolute.

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                    Cambridge Dictionary says We don’t put adverbs between the verb and the object, citing as an example




                    She plays the piano really well

                    Not: She plays really well the piano.




                    But so far as I can see, in OP's example, in sequence is an adverbial element modifying the verb illustrate in exactly the same way really well adverbially modifies plays in the Cambridge example.



                    It's irrelevant that the specific verb in OP's example is an infinitive form governed by is trying, because it's also "okay" to say He is illustrating in sequence all scenes of the movie.




                    Note that I put okay in "scare quotes" above. Some people might not like it at all, and some might think it's just slightly "off". But I really can't imagine anyone complaining about a teacher saying to a pupil...




                    I've circled in red all the words you misspelled in your homework




                    I think what this nets down to is we usually avoid putting an adverbial element between verb and object. But not always - particularly if the object is a longer text string than the adverbial element (in which case we might want to get the adverb in early, so the reader doesn't have to remember too far back to identify the relevant verb being modified).






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                      You can of course place an adverb between verb and direct object. "She sang, badly, the national anthem" is a grammatical sentence. It is not standard word order, but that does not mean that is ungrammatical, whether you are descriptive or prescriptive in your grammatical leanings.

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                    • @JeffMorrow: I wouldn't dream of suggesting "ungrammatical" is a relevant concept here. But idiomatic is certainly relevant, and surely nobody would deny that the "strike through" example above (Cambridge Dictionary's orthography, I just reproduced it faithfully) isn't something native speakers actually say. If you want to really learn a language, you need to know what the natives do and don't say, regardless of what the rules say they should / shouldn't say.

                      – FumbleFingers
                      6 hours ago






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                      My example is quite idiomatic, at least in the U.S. Perhaps it is completely unacceptable in British English. Perhaps that explains why a British dictionary makes their "rule" (or "assertion" or whatever you want to call it) absolute.

                      – Jeff Morrow
                      5 hours ago













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                    Cambridge Dictionary says We don’t put adverbs between the verb and the object, citing as an example




                    She plays the piano really well

                    Not: She plays really well the piano.




                    But so far as I can see, in OP's example, in sequence is an adverbial element modifying the verb illustrate in exactly the same way really well adverbially modifies plays in the Cambridge example.



                    It's irrelevant that the specific verb in OP's example is an infinitive form governed by is trying, because it's also "okay" to say He is illustrating in sequence all scenes of the movie.




                    Note that I put okay in "scare quotes" above. Some people might not like it at all, and some might think it's just slightly "off". But I really can't imagine anyone complaining about a teacher saying to a pupil...




                    I've circled in red all the words you misspelled in your homework




                    I think what this nets down to is we usually avoid putting an adverbial element between verb and object. But not always - particularly if the object is a longer text string than the adverbial element (in which case we might want to get the adverb in early, so the reader doesn't have to remember too far back to identify the relevant verb being modified).






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                    Cambridge Dictionary says We don’t put adverbs between the verb and the object, citing as an example




                    She plays the piano really well

                    Not: She plays really well the piano.




                    But so far as I can see, in OP's example, in sequence is an adverbial element modifying the verb illustrate in exactly the same way really well adverbially modifies plays in the Cambridge example.



                    It's irrelevant that the specific verb in OP's example is an infinitive form governed by is trying, because it's also "okay" to say He is illustrating in sequence all scenes of the movie.




                    Note that I put okay in "scare quotes" above. Some people might not like it at all, and some might think it's just slightly "off". But I really can't imagine anyone complaining about a teacher saying to a pupil...




                    I've circled in red all the words you misspelled in your homework




                    I think what this nets down to is we usually avoid putting an adverbial element between verb and object. But not always - particularly if the object is a longer text string than the adverbial element (in which case we might want to get the adverb in early, so the reader doesn't have to remember too far back to identify the relevant verb being modified).







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                      You can of course place an adverb between verb and direct object. "She sang, badly, the national anthem" is a grammatical sentence. It is not standard word order, but that does not mean that is ungrammatical, whether you are descriptive or prescriptive in your grammatical leanings.

                      – Jeff Morrow
                      6 hours ago











                    • @JeffMorrow: I wouldn't dream of suggesting "ungrammatical" is a relevant concept here. But idiomatic is certainly relevant, and surely nobody would deny that the "strike through" example above (Cambridge Dictionary's orthography, I just reproduced it faithfully) isn't something native speakers actually say. If you want to really learn a language, you need to know what the natives do and don't say, regardless of what the rules say they should / shouldn't say.

                      – FumbleFingers
                      6 hours ago






                    • 1





                      My example is quite idiomatic, at least in the U.S. Perhaps it is completely unacceptable in British English. Perhaps that explains why a British dictionary makes their "rule" (or "assertion" or whatever you want to call it) absolute.

                      – Jeff Morrow
                      5 hours ago












                    • 1





                      You can of course place an adverb between verb and direct object. "She sang, badly, the national anthem" is a grammatical sentence. It is not standard word order, but that does not mean that is ungrammatical, whether you are descriptive or prescriptive in your grammatical leanings.

                      – Jeff Morrow
                      6 hours ago











                    • @JeffMorrow: I wouldn't dream of suggesting "ungrammatical" is a relevant concept here. But idiomatic is certainly relevant, and surely nobody would deny that the "strike through" example above (Cambridge Dictionary's orthography, I just reproduced it faithfully) isn't something native speakers actually say. If you want to really learn a language, you need to know what the natives do and don't say, regardless of what the rules say they should / shouldn't say.

                      – FumbleFingers
                      6 hours ago






                    • 1





                      My example is quite idiomatic, at least in the U.S. Perhaps it is completely unacceptable in British English. Perhaps that explains why a British dictionary makes their "rule" (or "assertion" or whatever you want to call it) absolute.

                      – Jeff Morrow
                      5 hours ago







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                    You can of course place an adverb between verb and direct object. "She sang, badly, the national anthem" is a grammatical sentence. It is not standard word order, but that does not mean that is ungrammatical, whether you are descriptive or prescriptive in your grammatical leanings.

                    – Jeff Morrow
                    6 hours ago





                    You can of course place an adverb between verb and direct object. "She sang, badly, the national anthem" is a grammatical sentence. It is not standard word order, but that does not mean that is ungrammatical, whether you are descriptive or prescriptive in your grammatical leanings.

                    – Jeff Morrow
                    6 hours ago













                    @JeffMorrow: I wouldn't dream of suggesting "ungrammatical" is a relevant concept here. But idiomatic is certainly relevant, and surely nobody would deny that the "strike through" example above (Cambridge Dictionary's orthography, I just reproduced it faithfully) isn't something native speakers actually say. If you want to really learn a language, you need to know what the natives do and don't say, regardless of what the rules say they should / shouldn't say.

                    – FumbleFingers
                    6 hours ago





                    @JeffMorrow: I wouldn't dream of suggesting "ungrammatical" is a relevant concept here. But idiomatic is certainly relevant, and surely nobody would deny that the "strike through" example above (Cambridge Dictionary's orthography, I just reproduced it faithfully) isn't something native speakers actually say. If you want to really learn a language, you need to know what the natives do and don't say, regardless of what the rules say they should / shouldn't say.

                    – FumbleFingers
                    6 hours ago




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                    My example is quite idiomatic, at least in the U.S. Perhaps it is completely unacceptable in British English. Perhaps that explains why a British dictionary makes their "rule" (or "assertion" or whatever you want to call it) absolute.

                    – Jeff Morrow
                    5 hours ago





                    My example is quite idiomatic, at least in the U.S. Perhaps it is completely unacceptable in British English. Perhaps that explains why a British dictionary makes their "rule" (or "assertion" or whatever you want to call it) absolute.

                    – Jeff Morrow
                    5 hours ago

















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