Are these all acceptable?

Lublyu Tebya   Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:24 pm GMT
I'm asking the right orders/places of adverbs in the sentence such as "obviously", "definitely", "clearly" and etc.

1) English is obviously a far more useful language than Chinese.
2) English obviously is a far more useful language than Chinese.
3) Obviously, English is a far more useful language than Chinese.
4) English is a far more useful language than Chinese obviously.

Are the four sentences above all grammatically correct and acceptable?
perhapslove   Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:14 pm GMT
yes, in my opinion, they are all acceptable.
It depends when you think of the word "obviously" when you say that sentence. But I think I prefer putting it in the front position in writing.
Francophone   Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:01 pm GMT
The mistakes: it's Spanish, not Chinese.
agacanthus   Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:15 pm GMT
(1) and (3) seem to be the most acceptable, to me. (4) needs a comma before "obviously" to be acceptable.
.   Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:05 pm GMT
^ I agree; the lack of comma after "Chinese" in the fourth one is the only mistake.
Caspian   Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:21 pm GMT
This really is pathetic, you're trying to cause a row, obviously.
DEIT   Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:01 pm GMT
I'd put a comma after English and after obviously in #2.
eeuuian   Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:19 pm GMT
<<I'd put a comma after English and after obviously in #2. >>

If you put a comma after "English", you probably should put one before it, too.
eeuuian   Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:21 pm GMT
<<If you put a comma after "English", you probably should put one before it, too. >>

Oops -- You should surround "obviously" with commas, not "English".
DEIT   Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:21 am GMT
<<Oops -- You should surround "obviously" with commas, not "English". >>

That's what I said...One after English (or before obviously) and one after obviously.