IN SIMPLE PAST PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE.
ADVERBS THAT DESCRIBE THE PARTICIPLE (E.G., TO SAY "HOW" OR "HOW MUCH") OFTEN GO BEFORE IT.
Alternatives were still not being developed.
Some inventions are being completely ignored by the media.
SOME ADVERBS USUALLY GO BEFORE NOT, E.G.: ALSO, STILL, JUST, PROBABLY, CERTAINLY, REPORTEDLY, ATTITUDE ADVERBS.
Some inventions are not being widely reported.
Asbestos was widely used until the 1960s.
IN PRESENT AND PAST PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE.
Alternatives were simply not developed until later.
Alternatives were not yet being developed.
IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE.
New discoveries are apparently made every day.
GPS software is continually being upgraded.
IN PAST CONTINUOUS PASSIVE VERB PHRASES, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER THE VERB BE. IN NEGATIVE STATEMENTS, ADVERBS USUALLY GO AFTER NOT.
