ADVERBS THAT DESCRIBE THE PARTICIPLE (E.G., TO SAY "HOW" OR "HOW MUCH") OFTEN GO BEFORE IT.
IN PRESENT AND PAST PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE.
Alternatives were not yet being developed.
IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE.
IN SIMPLE PAST PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE.
New discoveries are apparently made every day.
SOME ADVERBS USUALLY GO BEFORE NOT, E.G.: ALSO, STILL, JUST, PROBABLY, CERTAINLY, REPORTEDLY, ATTITUDE ADVERBS.
GPS software is continually being upgraded.
Some inventions are being completely ignored by the media.
Alternatives were simply not developed until later.
Asbestos was widely used until the 1960s.
IN PAST CONTINUOUS PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE. IN NEGATIVE STATEMENTS, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER NOT.
Alternatives were still not being developed.
Some inventions are not being widely reported.
