请教修饰动词的副词是在动词前?还是在动词后?

题目

请教修饰动词的副词是在动词前?还是在动词后?
He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.
上面这段中,soon修饰reply,它在动词后.而again修饰afiled则在动词前.这其中有什么规律么?
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答案

这个怎么说呢,有一个叫做语感的东西,可意会不可言传.像if he did not reply soon he would be fired和the journalist again failed to reply这两句,你可以这么看你把reply soon 这两个调个-soon reply ,句子就成：if he did not soonreply he would be fired.同理,again failed 调个 failed again,句子就成：the journalist failed again to reply.你自己多读几遍看看变换后和变换前的意思传达方面的细微差异.诚然,英文学习很多地方是有规律可循的,但很多地方也是没规律的,要靠我说的所谓语感来体会.培养语感建议：多读甚至达到背诵的程度,英语学习无捷径,多读多看是真理!Good luck in english learning.