“The position of ‘only’ in standard spoken ... “Only” can be an adjective or an adverb. In “Jason is an only child,” it’s modifying the noun “child,” so it’s an adjective.

You can put many adverbs in any of these positions depending on context or style. There are some general guides though that you can follow as we tend to use some adverbs in particular positions.

We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow ...

Adverbs are great, right? They let you describe how an action went down — whether it was walking quickly or sleeping soundly or yelling loudly. But if adverbs are so great, why do editors like ...