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I've just used a sentence that I think was wrong:

グループ員はよくパブで飲みに行く.

The concern there is the yoku.

Where would the often/hardly/always/whatever actually go in this sort of
sentence structure and why?

Is it グループ員はパブでよく飲みに行く or グループ員はパブで飲みによく行く?

Or was I right the first time?
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Often go to do something
In most of the cases よく should be put just before the verb:

> コリアンレストランへよく行く。 I often go to the corean restaurant.
>
> よくあるご質問 frequently asked questions

It sounds better. And when the verb is built with a noun, just before this
noun:

> 日本語をよく勉強します。 I often study Japanese.
>
> よく検索されるキーワード keywords that are often looked up

But you can also put よく at the beginning of the sentence:

> 新聞をよく読みます。 I often read the newspaper.
>
> よく新聞を読みます。 I often read the newspaper.

Here both are correct.

And sometimes you can find よく elsewhere in the sentence in order to emphasize
a precise element:

> 子どもたちはよくテレビを見ます。 Children often watch TV.

But here it's correct because Japanese people say it like that. We are almost
in the case of a verb built with a noun because the expression テレビを見る is so
frequent that it has become almost undivisible. For the same reason, Japanese
people will say:

> このごろ、よく夢を見るんです。 These days, I often dream.

Indeed, 夢を見る has become a very usual expression.

In some sentences, placing よく anywhere will sound strange. If you don't know
where to put よく, I recommend you to put it just before the verb.
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