Adverb placement - when is this taught and needing some help

[plain jane]

I'm wondering when a program like R&S teaches adverb placement?

 

My dd wrote a sentence today and I am unsure which is the better way of wording it:

 

That very night while the king was soundly sleeping the intruding armies quietly slipped past the city walls.

 

OR

 

That very night while the king was sleeping soundly the intruding armies quietly slipped past the city walls.

 

OR

 

That very night while the king was soundly asleep the intruding armies quietly slipped past the city walls.

 

 

:001_huh: I hate that I don't know this. :blush:

 

Could someone please help me WRT which sentence to use and when I can expect this sort of thing to appear in her grammar lessons?

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

The middle sentence sounds best to me, although I think the other ones are not technically incorrect. There should be commas to separate the clause, while the king was sleeping soundly, though.

 

I think this is more of a style question than a grammar question. The adverbs don't seem misplaced, just awkward in the 1st and 3rd sentence to me.

 

I remember learning about misplaced modifiers in 7th grade when I was in school.

[fairfarmhand]

That very night the intruding armies quietly slipped past the city walls as the king was soundly sleeping.