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Adverb position before object / before verb
Both are correct and practically you don't have to worry too much.
That said, as you thought, the second one may be heard slightly more often. The basic word order is, Subject-Adverb-Object-Verb, ...
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What does こちらとしても mean?
You'd better think it is として as a word on its own.
The usage in question is the same as the example:
私としては賛成でも反対でもない
As for me, I am neither for nor against it.
Here it is も instead of は, so こちらとしても ...
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Explain the gramatical structure of this sentence + use of あまり and より
This あまり is a "formal noun" (形式名詞) that works like a conjunctive. Grammatically, it belongs to the same word class as とき ("when ~"), ため ("for ~'s sake; due to ~"), とおり (&...
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Is it possible to use のが twice in a sentence?
Rather than cascading のが onto the same clause, we can think about relativizing two clauses, each of which have a が subject marker: AがBがC, such that both of the が are applied to some verb phrase ...
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Is it possible to use のが twice in a sentence?
It is possible, but "I enjoy learning about Japan." is
私は日本について学ぶのがするのが楽しいです
It has really nothing to do with using のが twice. As pointed out in the comment, 学ぶ is a verb, which is ...
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The logic and literal meaning of 実感もくそもある (How does it mean what it means?)
In terms of meaning, Xもくそもない is emphatic Xがない, that is, absolutely no X (exists) or to have no X whatsoever.
I don't think there is much point to seek logic in this kind of expressions, but literally ...
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The logic and literal meaning of 実感もくそもある (How does it mean what it means?)
First of all, to parse this sentence correctly, you should split the sentence into two at the point of that で. This で is the "te-form of だ", and it's used to mark a reason.
卒業式から即入学式だ。
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