Grammar Hi, there I know you can say, “That is exactly/precisely/specifically what we were talking about” But what if I want to reverse the order of this sentence? Should I say “We were precisely/exa

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Grammar Hi, there I know you can say, “That is exactly/precisely/specifically what we were talking about” But what if I want to reverse the order of this sentence? Should I say “We were precisely/exactly/specifically talking ABOUT that” or “We were talking precisely/exactly/specifically ABOUT that” or “We were talking ABOUT precisely/exactly/specifically that”? Should the adverb come before or after “about”? Thank you

Aug 22, 2019 1:25 AM

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Hi Hernandez, The only adverb that sounds natural before about is “specifically”. And after about, “precisely” and “exactly” sound natural. So these are correct: “We were specifically talking about that.” “We were talking specifically about that.” And these are correct: “We were talking about precisely that.” “We were talking about exactly that.”

August 22, 2019

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