A.
The team played badly and lost the match.
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B.
The team badly played and lost the match.
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C.
The team played and lost the match badly.
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D.
Badly, the team played and lost the match.
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A.
He always can be relied upon.
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B.
He can always be relied upon.
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C.
Always, he can be relied upon.
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D.
You can always rely upon him.
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A.
The lecture was rather long and boring.
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The lecture was long rather and boring.
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C.
Rather, the lecture was long and boring.
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D.
The lecture, rather, was long and boring.
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A.
He just has been promoted.
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B.
He has just been promoted.
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C.
Just now, he has been promoted.
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D.
His promotion has just been announced.
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I bought a book from the new store about medicine.
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B.
I bought a book about medicine from the new store.
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C.
From the new store, I bought a book about medicine.
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D.
The book I bought from the new store is about medicine.
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A.
We ate the lunch that she had prepared quickly.
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B.
We quickly ate the lunch that she had prepared.
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C.
We ate the lunch quickly that she had prepared.
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D.
The lunch that she had prepared was eaten by us quickly.
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A.
She has almost finished all her assignments.
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B.
She almost has finished all her assignments.
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C.
She has finished almost all her assignments.
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D.
Almost all her assignments are finished.
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A.
Students who study frequently improve their grades.
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B.
Frequently, students who study improve their grades.
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C.
Students who frequently study improve their grades.
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D.
Students improve their grades by studying frequently.
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A.
He carefully drives his new car.
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B.
He drives carefully his new car.
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C.
He drives his new car carefully.
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D.
Carefully, he drives his new car.
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A.
The man was running from the police in a blue tracksuit.
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B.
The man in a blue tracksuit was running from the police.
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C.
In a blue tracksuit, the man was running from the police.
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D.
All are technically correct but A is most ambiguous.
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A.
I barely have any money left.
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B.
I have barely any money left.
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C.
Barely I have any money left.
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D.
I have any money left barely.
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A.
I only have five minutes to talk.
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B.
I have only five minutes to talk.
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C.
I have five only minutes to talk.
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I have five minutes only to talk.
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A.
The professor explained the process clearly to the students.
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The professor clearly explained the process to the students.
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C.
The professor explained clearly the process to the students.
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D.
Clearly, the professor explained the process to the students.
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A.
He is a very good friend.
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B.
The speaker is questioning the genuineness of the friendship.
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The speaker is calling their friend.
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D.
The speaker has many friends.
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B.
She is a bit or somewhat quiet.
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C.
She would prefer to be quiet.
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D.
She is quiet in a strange way.
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A.
Both are grammatically correct and mean the same.
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B.
Sentence 2 is grammatically incorrect.
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C.
Sentence 1 means his manner of running was slow.
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D.
Both A and C are correct.
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A.
The idea is not good for a person named Frank.
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B.
The speaker is giving their honest and direct opinion.
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C.
The idea is good in a frank way.
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D.
The speaker is talking to Frank.
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A.
Pretty' means 'attractive' in the first, and 'quite' or 'very' in the second.
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B.
Pretty' means 'attractive' in both.
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C.
Pretty' means 'very' in both.
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D.
The second sentence is incorrect slang.
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A.
Sentence 1 means that was the only thing he said.
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B.
Sentence 2 means he told me and no one else.
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C.
Both sentences are the same.
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D.
Sentence 2 is grammatically incorrect.
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