Learn English – Where should the adverb “soon” be positioned

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It says that the position of adverbs should come before the verb and the example they give is:

We will soon have a break.

In this example, is it not acceptable to have the adverb after the verb:

We will have a break soon.

Or to be technically correct, should it be future continuous:

We will be having a break soon.

Best Answer

  • Soon, we will have a break.

Good.

  • We soon will have a break.

Grammatically acceptable, but not commonly said/written.

  • We will soon have a break.

Good.

  • We will have soon a break.

Invalid word order. Sounds foreign.

  • We will have a soon break.

Invalid word order.

  • We will have a break soon.

Good.

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(There is no discernible difference in meaning among any of the "Good" constructions above.)