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		stevage 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Defending adverbs exuberantly if conditionally I don't pick up on that difference in meaning at all. Is that some general rule for adverb placement?

Shorn 8 days ago [–]

"I only said she stole my money."

Moving "only" to any other spot in this sentence is grammatically correct and changes the meaning.

As for "rules", well, welcome to English: the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

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