¿Dónde se pone "definitely" en una frase en inglés?

Question

Where shoulde 'definitely' be put in a phrase in English?

Please remember to use proper capitalization and punctuation in your posts. Thanks! - --Mariana--, Apr 12, 2011

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Answer 1

It seems like it usually goes right before the main verb or the helper verb (but cannot go right before "to ___") but cannot go at the beginning.

Here were Mariana's examples again:

--You definitely should see that movie.

but also:

--You should definitely see that movie.

--It is definitely going to be a nice day.

but also

--It definitely is going to be a nice day.

--Are you definitely not going to be home at eight?

...I can't find another place in a question that sounds right in a question, so here it seems to be stuck after the noun.

--Did you definitely see him do it?

..Again, I can't put that in another spot...... but I think that's because you can't stick it at the front (in front of the helper verb) and so there's no other spot to put it in.

I agree with most of it but in English from England we would not say ''-It definitely is going to be a nice day.'' We woulld say: it will definitely be a good day . The Americans place the word in a different position to us in UK not wrong just differen - FELIZ77, Apr 12, 2011

Answer 2

Hi and welcome to the forum. Here are some examples. I can't think of any examples where the word is at the very beginning or the very end of a sentence.

You definitely should see that movie.

Are you definitely not going to be home at eight?

It is definitely going to be a nice day.

Answer 3

Definitely, you should see that movie.

I have no problem with the above (provided the comma is present).

With the comma in there, it seems like it's signaling that the "definitely" was taken from somewhere else and put out to the front. - Luciente, Apr 12, 2011