【问】(a) She spoke kindly to him. (LDCE)

(b) They kindly asked us to the concert. (ELD)

kindly究竟应放在什么地方呢?

【答】 kindly如同其他方式副词一样，通常放在句子未尾或动词之后。在这种情况下，kindly是修饰谓语动词的。例如：

1. He was ill for some days，and they nursed him kindly.

他病了好几天了，他们亲切地看护着他。

2. The nurse behaved kindly towards her patients. (FWF)

这位护士对待病人很和善。

但是，kindly也可以放在动词之前，主语之后。在这种情况下，kindly是修饰整个句子的，可以叫做句子状语。

They kindly asked us to the concert.=It was very kind of them to ask us to the concert.

他们请我们去听音乐会，真是太好了。

下面是类似的例句：

The owner very kindly took us in and gave us a bed for the night. (PEG)

房东把我们带了进去，并给了床位，让我们过夜，真是太好了。