blatently/adverb placement

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blatently/adverb placement

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Can one use
a. He accused me of blatantly lying to the police.
instead of
b. He accused me of lying blatantly to the police.
?

Can one use
c. He accused me of blatantly lying.
instead of
d. He accused me of lying blatantly.
?

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Re: blatently/adverb placement

Post by Alan »

Yes to both.
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