5.3 position of adjuncts

Adjuncts of time normally come at the end of a clause, after the verb or after its object if there is one. You can put more focus on the time by placing the adjunct at the beginning of the clause.

• Mr Shamir will visit Washington next month.
• Last month, Mr Hurd asked his officials to report back to him.
• I was playing golf yesterday.
• Yesterday the atmosphere at the factory was tense.

If the adjunct is an adverb, it can also come immediately after 'be' or after the first auxiliary in a verb group.

• She is now pretty well-known in this country.
• Cooper had originally been due to retire last week.
• Public advertisements for the post will soon appear in the national press.