有一读者问： 副词修饰动名词时，可否放在动名词之前？
副词修饰动名词时，可以前置也可以后置，但何时前置或后置，应由具体语境和习惯所决定。现各举几例如下。前置：
(1)Her thus turning back on me was fortunately not a snub. （thus置于turning之前）
(2)She fell to laboriously and noiselessly counting them. （laboriously and noiselessly置于counting之前）
(3)When he looked at her he usually ended by smiling and sometimes by suddenly laughing.（suddenly置于laughing之前）
后置：
(4)His letter requires answering immediately .
短语一般须后置，如：
(5)I can't bear his staying up so late . （so late后置）
(6)He objects kissing in public . （in public后置）
有时副词既可前置，亦可后置，试比较：
(7)I do not like early rising.
(8)I do not like rising early .
这里的early rising和rising early区别不大，只是句（8）更强调“早”的概念而已。
