theoretically surprisingly supposedly apparently + VERB – English Grammar Profiler

Point 69 in the category of ADVERBS/position is defined as:

adverbs in mid-position, to distance the writer from what they are saying.

Point 68 is the same but ‘mid clause‘

The EGP examples are included in our iWeb search:

theoretically|surprisingly|supposedly|apparently _VV

1 APPARENTLY MADE 1839 2 APPARENTLY GOT 1144 3 APPARENTLY DECIDED 1086 4 APPARENTLY TOOK 996 5 APPARENTLY USED 983 6 APPARENTLY GOING 915 7 APPARENTLY THOUGHT 866 8 APPARENTLY LOST 796 9 APPARENTLY WENT 786 10 APPARENTLY FOUND 767 11 APPARENTLY CAME 745

12 SUPPOSEDLY MADE 732

This quark is supposedly made up of little coiled strings.

TED

13 APPARENTLY TRYING 693
14 APPARENTLY TAKEN 684

15 APPARENTLY CAUSED 671

This effect is apparently caused by conscious control of the autonomic nervous system.

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16 APPARENTLY TOLD 663 17 SUPPOSEDLY GOING 652 18 APPARENTLY BASED 635 19 APPARENTLY FAILED 620 20 APPARENTLY LEFT 579 21 APPARENTLY FELT 541 22 APPARENTLY DIED 539 23 APPARENTLY SAID 527 24 APPARENTLY TRIED 500 25 APPARENTLY MEANS 499 26 APPARENTLY MAKES 498 27 APPARENTLY WANTED 496 28 APPARENTLY KILLED 486 29 APPARENTLY SET 476 30 APPARENTLY THINKS 470 31 APPARENTLY STARTED 468 32 SUPPOSEDLY SAID 468 33 APPARENTLY INTENDED 454 34 SUPPOSEDLY BASED 454 35 THEORETICALLY SPEAKING 453 36 APPARENTLY WORKING 452 37 APPARENTLY WANTS 449 38 APPARENTLY TAKING 436 39 APPARENTLY WORKS 433 40 APPARENTLY GETTING 427 41 APPARENTLY CALLED 426 42 APPARENTLY BELIEVED 423 43 APPARENTLY USING 423 44 APPARENTLY KNEW 421 45 APPARENTLY DESIGNED 417 46 APPARENTLY BECAME 416 47 APPARENTLY BELIEVES 415 48 APPARENTLY WRITTEN 407 49 APPARENTLY GAVE 403 50 APPARENTLY CHANGED 396

51 APPARENTLY NEED 393

52 APPARENTLY INSPIRED 388

53 SUPPOSEDLY WRITTEN 379 54 SUPPOSEDLY USED 378 55 APPARENTLY WORKED 374 56 APPARENTLY MISSED 372 57 APPARENTLY LOOKING 366 58 APPARENTLY BECOME 365 59 APPARENTLY GONE 360 60 APPARENTLY THINK 359 61 APPARENTLY SAW 357 62 APPARENTLY SENT 349 63 APPARENTLY PUT 348 64 APPARENTLY COME 345 65 APPARENTLY MAKING 344 66 APPARENTLY MEANT 343 67 APPARENTLY FELL 340 68 APPARENTLY GIVEN 337 69 APPARENTLY TURNED 332

70 APPARENTLY BEGAN 330

71 APPARENTLY REFERRING 330

72 APPARENTLY GET 325 73 SURPRISINGLY GIVEN 324 74 APPARENTLY LED 313 75 APPARENTLY CONSIDERED 311 76 APPARENTLY SHOT 310 77 SUPPOSEDLY TOOK 310 78 APPARENTLY USES 309 79 SUPPOSEDLY DESIGNED 308 80 APPARENTLY SPENT 303 81 APPARENTLY MAKE 302 82 APPARENTLY CREATED 300 83 SUPPOSEDLY GOT 300 84 APPARENTLY BELIEVE 298 85 APPARENTLY AGREED 297 86 APPARENTLY COMES 297 87 SUPPOSEDLY CAME 295 88 SUPPOSEDLY DIED 293 89 SUPPOSEDLY MAKES 293 90 SUPPOSEDLY FOUND 292 91 APPARENTLY HAPPENED 283

92 SUPPOSEDLY MAKE 282

93 APPARENTLY SUFFERED 275

94 APPARENTLY ABANDONED 274

95 APPARENTLY TAKES 271 96 THEORETICALLY GET 270 97 APPARENTLY COMING 269 98 APPARENTLY MOVED 268 99 APPARENTLY FORGOT 266

100 APPARENTLY WANT 266

EVP:

B2: abandoned, apparently, caused, inspired, suffered

C1: supposedly

C2: referring, theoretically