Timeline for Why does 結構 precede the noun instead of the verb in this sentence?
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| Jun 28, 2020 at 2:20 | comment | added | charlemagne | ♦ Thanks for your help. One more question -- is there no difference in nuance or meaning among those three variations? | |
| Jun 28, 2020 at 1:12 | comment | added | chocolate♦ | @charle, In short, simple sentences, the adverbs of 程度 (degree/extent) such as すごく, かなり, 非常に etc. can more commonly appear right before the verb (似合う in your example) or before the verb phrase (メガネが似合う in your example), or sometimes at the beginning of a sentence (彼女は眼鏡が似合う in your example). Same usually goes with the adverbs of 頻度 such as ときどき, よく, めったに etc. | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 21:54 | comment | added | charlemagne | ♦ I just read your link -- so an adverb literally just modifies the very first verb that follows it? | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 21:50 | comment | added | charlemagne | ♦ How can you tell what 結構 is modifying if it doesn't take a particle and it can appear in any order? | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 15:52 | history | answered | chocolate♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |