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Welcome to the forum, TMC Lady.

As a stand-alone sentence, only 1 seems viable.

If I am just talking about the way someone drives, I might say #1. But I’d be more likely to say, «He is a careful driver.» Unless you’re telling me how careless someone has been with your car. Then I’d say #1, with emphasis on the word his.
If I am telling a story, I might use #2, but not without elaboration. To my ear it sounds weird on its own.
He arrives home very late and slightly drunk. He carefully drives his car into the garage, eases into the house and tiptoes upstairs.

Welcome to the forum, TMC Lady.

As a stand-alone sentence, only 1 seems viable.

Thanks for the welcome and your reply.

Actually, I believe both are viable and that wasn’t my question (I probably didn’t make it clear enough, my bad), but they mean something slightly different. But *what* exactly, is what escapes me…

If I am just talking about the way someone drives, I might say #1. But I’d be more likely to say, «He is a careful driver.» Unless you’re telling me how careless someone has been with your car. Then I’d say #1, with emphasis on the word his.
If I am telling a story, I might use #2, but not without elaboration. To my ear it sounds weird on its own.
He arrives home very late and slightly drunk. He carefully drives his car into the garage, eases into the house and tiptoes upstairs.

Thanks for your reply. What I meant was, you can say either one and both are grammatically correct, but is there any difference in meaning between the two or do they mean the same? That’s what escapes me….

Technically they have the same meaning. But the second one is an awkward and unusual construction.

Hi there! I teach English online to Germans and a student asked me something I couldn’t answer.

I’m not quite sure if these sentences mean the exact same, or something slightly different. Does anyone know?

1. He drives his car carefully.
2. He carefully drives his car.

Thanks for any help with this!

Regards,
Barbarella

Adverbs of manner usually go in end position. They sometimes go in mid position if the adverb is not the most important part of the clause or if the object is very long.

Source: Adverbs and adverb phrases: position

Technically they have the same meaning. But the second one is an awkward and unusual construction.

Thanks for your reply. I only gave the «stunted» sentence as an example, but just for the sake of it, let’s make it a bit longer:

He carefully drove his car around the corner.
or
He drove his car carefully around the corner.

I was teaching this particular student the position of adverbs in sentences, but this had me at a loss to explain, but in my view, both positions of the adverb «carefully» work. I still think there is a slight difference in meaning though that escapes me…

Welcome to the forum, TMC Lady.

As a stand-alone sentence, only 1 seems viable.

I have amended my original post — please take a look again.

The first version may carry a slightly increased emphasis on the adverb. Not a big distinction, to my mind.

He carefully drove his car around the corner.
or
He drove his car carefully around the corner.

I was teaching this particular student the position of adverbs in sentences, but this had me at a loss to explain, but in my view, both positions of the adverb «carefully» work. I still think there is a slight difference in meaning though that escapes me…

I agree with you. I think that the first one is closer to «He took care to drive his car around the corner» and the second to «He drove his car with care around the corner». Though in some contexts the difference would probably disappear.

The first version may carry a slightly increased emphasis on the adverb. Not a big distinction, to my mind.

Hmm, that would make sense to me too.

But basically:
He drove his car.
He did it carefully.
He went around the corner.
Whatever.

But basically:
He drove his car.
He did it carefully.
He went around the corner.
Whatever.

He carefully went around the corner.
or
He went around the corner carefully.
though….?

My issue is with the position of the adverb and the possible slight change of meaning. I think what you said before about emphasis makes the most sense to me now though.

Maybe I’m just a simple man, but from an American (Midwest) English perspective, I can’t see any significant difference in the meaning of the two sentences.

The first sentence might sound slightly more natural. But I wouldn’t squint my eyes in puzzlement if someone said it the second way.