I could definitely tell that his desire for reading was indeed insane.
I could definitely tell that his desire for reading was insane indeed.
I've already saw this one,
and I've also googled it to find out where to put 'indeed', and I'm still confused because there are sentences which 'indeed' comes before an adjective, and also after an adjective.
Which one is correct between those two I wrote?
Best Answer
Both sentences are grammatical, but they have different meanings. To understand them, let's look at the first two definitions of the word indeed, according to the Oxford English Dictionary:
Your first sentence uses definition 1a. That is, "it was indeed insane" means "it really was insane." To me, this usage implies that, originally, you weren't sure it was insane (or thought it wasn't), but then learned something that confirmed that it was.
Your second sentence, I'd argue, uses definition 1b. Here, indeed is strengthening insane; "it was insane indeed" is similar to "it was really insane".
Basically, both are correct, and it's just a matter of which meaning you're going for.