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问题描述
▲有网友曾问：英语是说probably won’t还是won’t probably？是说probably didn’t还是didn’t probably？换句说话，就是probably应放在否定词之前还是之后？对此答疑网的陈根花老师认为：副词 probably 与否定词连用时，习惯上是用于否定词之前，而不是用于其后。黎反修老师表示同意陈老师的观点，同时认为下面的句子是错误的：
This photograph won't probably enlarge well. 这张照片放大出来很可能效果不好。（席玉虎主编《英语常用词用法详解大词典》p.2410）
▲但我一个疑问：为什么不可以认为probably放在否定词之前或之后都可以呢？毕竟上面这个句子出自一本大词典，为什么断定它是错误的呢？有比较权威的书说过“副词 probably 与否定词连用时，习惯上是用于否定词之前，而不是用于其后”吗？
希望得到各位专家的进一步指导，谢谢！
老师答疑
陈老师：
查了一些语法著作，以下出处应该算是比较权威，供参考：
1.《英语在用——剑桥中级英语语法》第109节指出：
Note that probably goes before the negative. So we say:
I probably won’t see you. or I will probably not see you. (but not “I won’t probably.”)
2.《牛津英语语法指南》第25节指出：
We sometimes put an adverb after the subject and before the verb phrase. This happens especially with a negative (probably doesn’t) or when there is stress (really are).
It probably doesn’t matter very much.
3.《牛津实践语法》（第2版）第113节指出：
In a negative sentence, probably and certainly come before won’t, didn’t, etc.
We probably won’t get there in time.
I certainly didn’t expect a present!
黎老师：
外研社、建宏《英汉多功能词典》1997年1月第1版probably 词条的【用法】原文如下：
不紧接于 not 等否定词之后. Probably he won't come. = He probably won't come. = He won't come probably. 他大概不会来。(x He won't probably ...)
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