simba0722
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.
2023년 10월 4일 오전 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.
2023년 10월 4일
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