Form follows function

[Tibor Kiss]

Hi,

how that I am getting replies where 'form follows function', I dare ask
another question:

Where can I insert an adverb between a series of auxiliaries in English,
i.e.

(1) John has often been asking strange questions.
(2) John has been often asking strange questions.
(3) John often has been asking strange questions.

I assume that (2) and (3) are bad. What do the experts say? (ok, I can find
all the answers in Pollock (1989), but I don't want to go into that.)

Best

T.


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