Who wants to write concisely? Can you imagine how many persons would be out of a job if all writing were necessarily as concise as possible? Oh, those creative writers would be slashing at their wrists all throughout the night. Or is it all night long? Or is it during the night? Or is it at night? Cruel, cruel world. So why does el dicionario give me many, many sources that do not use "at least" directly after the word it is modifying? Are they slacking? Give me a source that states that one must necessarily place an adverb after the word to be modified, else it is incorrect grammar. I'm going to hold my breath now.
Quote: So why does el dicionario give me many, many sources that do not use "at least" directly after the word it is modifying? Are they slacking? When did I say that you must use the term "at least" after the word it is modifying? In fact, I told you that the term "at least" should come after the word "you", unless you restructure the question, which you should. QUOTE: Give me a source that states that one must necessarily place an adverb after the word to be modified, else it is incorrect grammar. I believe I just answered that. "Are you making yourself laugh at least?" This sounds like something you would ask someone who has been in an accident, yet unresponsive to the humor of others. Say it to yourself in that context. See the problem? "Are you making yourself laugh at least?" Italics would have saved the day.
My fault. I meant a peer-reviewed source. You don't count as a source. "You"...and only "you"? Or pronouns? Or any noun? Such a fucking good troll you are.
QUOTE: "I believe I just answered that." I was referring to the question you asked in which you paraphrased the question before it. So, where did I say that you must use the term "at least" after the word it is modifying?
And yes, in the case of your question, "at least" should come after the word "you". Where the fuck else?!
http://www.towson.edu/ows/dangmod.htm "Are you making yourself laugh at least?" You modified the word "laugh" when you intended to modify the word "yourself". You don't put a modifier at the end of sentence, leaving the reader to figure out what you intended to modify. As an exercise, try to hunt down examples of the modifying term "at least" being used to close a sentence. You just learned something from a troll. That makes you a troll in training. You owe me!
*Takes bow, lowers head, and humbly walks off* Why humbly? Because I'd have to be a fool to believe that, one day, the shoe will not be on the other foot.
