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Can somebody say where I should put the adverb in this phrase: "I’m going to thoroughly teach you a lesson." or "I’m going to teach you a lesson thoroughly." And which adverb is better: "thoroughly" or "properly"?

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You can put the adverb any way, and it'll still be grammatically correct.

Also, here are the meanings of the adverb thoroughly. This is from Google:

  1. in a thorough manner; in depth; minutely; closely.
  2. very much; greatly.

This is the meaning of thoroughly from Dictionary.com. The last one is probably not the best definition of thoroughly in your example:

  1. executed without negligence or omissions.
  2. complete; perfect; utter.
  3. extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking.
  4. having full command or mastery of an art, talent, etc.;

And finally, thoroughly from TheFreeDictionary:

  1. Exhaustively complete: a thorough search.
  2. Painstakingly accurate or careful: thorough research.
  3. Absolute; utter: a thorough pleasure.

And on the other hand, we have the adverb properly according to Google. The second one is a definition for British English:

  1. correctly or satisfactorily.
  2. thoroughly; completely.

Here is properly from Dictionary.com:

  1. thoroughly; completely.

And last but not least, here is properly from TheFreeDictionary, which basically is saying it is a synonym of the other adverb thoroughly:

  1. Thoroughly
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