Re: Difference of 'also'

"Walter Roberson" <roberson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <1126559493.861128.273470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> <freelait2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >The 'also' of the following sentence is a little different from my
> >direct sense.
>
> That's not relevant to the C programming language which is the
> topic of this newsgroup.
>
> [remainder OT]
>
> >He also was accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
> >--From AP.
>
> >If I wrote it first, I would write it as:
> >He was also accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
>
> >Is there any differences?
>
> "He also was X" might be applicable in cases where He was one of
> a group who were X.
>
> Mr. Red and Ms. Green were drunk. Mr. Brown was there too. He
> also was drunk.
>
> When there is no group involved, "He also was X" becomes a
> form of "He was also X". English is fairly flexible. "He slowly
> walked to the car" and "He walked slowly to the car" are both valid,
> with perhaps slightly different moods.

OK, OT, but I just have to wonder aloud anyway...
Is there a concept like that of "splitting infinitives" in the sentence?
By putting the "also" in between the phrase "was accused" you are
spitted up that phrase, like Kirk's "to boldly go".

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Mabden


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