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What is the difference between them?
1) He likely would have loved the woman if she’d been ordinary.
2) He would have likely loved the woman if she’d been ordinary.
4 ott 2023 11:50
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I think they mean the same thing but the second one sounds slightly weird to me, not very idiomatic. I think using "likely" as a synonym of "probably" is quite a new (or perhaps American) thing. If you replaced "likely" with "probably" in both cases it would sound more natural to me.
4 ottobre 2023
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Inglese, Giapponese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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