In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 173 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:

‘can’ with an increasing range of adverbs (including ‘easily’, ‘hardly’, ‘now’, ‘probably‘, ‘sometimes’, ‘still’) in the normal mid position after the modal verb or after the subject in questions.

*Note ‘still’ is listed at B1.

C1 Point 196 in MODALITY is defined as:

wide range of adverbs with ‘can’ in the normal mid position after the modal verb.

The EGP examples contain the adverbs: ‘fully’ and ‘honestly’.   But others should be considered, such as:

And I can confidently say

that no one had ever reacted to anything

I served them better than they reacted to that hotdog.

TED

When doing a cluster search on iWeb for can_v _r _vvi* ‘hardly’, ‘probably’ or ‘sometimes’ do not appear in the top 100 hits.

1 CAN ALSO USE 95739 (‘also’ is listed at B1) I can also use it. 11 CAN ONLY IMAGINE 18915 (b1)

12 CAN HONESTLY SAY

18236 C1

I can honestly say, standing there, looking at her home,

was the first time I felt like I’m a Tennessean.

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24 CAN EASILY FIND 12291

26 CAN CLEARLY SEE 12173

I can clearly see you winking.

listen

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  whnt.com

Eufaula neighborhood still rebuilding after spring tornado

You can still see the damage and the vacant lots left after the debris was removed. One Pebble Beach Drive resident, David Ondrey, rode the …

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  The Union Journal

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can_v hardly|probably|sometimes _vvi*

1 CAN PROBABLY GET 4383

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Bookmark: Where to begin downsizing when you have …

I can probably get rid of most of my shoes, too, since these days I wear fuzzy slippers in the house and sneakers on the dog walks and I don’t …

2 CAN HARDLY WAIT 3652

  Tyla

Stephanie Meyer Says Two More ‘Twilight’ Books Are Coming

While we can hardly wait to read them, Stephanie added that, unfortunately, the two books weren’t coming in the imminent future.

3 CAN SOMETIMES GET 3282

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  WTVD-TV

Wegmans lemon recall: Wegmans Food Market recalls oranges, lemons sold in New York, North Carolina stores over listeria concerns

It can sometimes cause miscarriages in pregnant women and can even be fatal. Listeria symptoms can include fever, headache, nausea, …