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I was working through my N5 sentential grammar (sentence composition) practice
book, and there was a question with an adverb, おおごえで （大声で）:

> 山を のぼりながら おおごえ ＿＿＿ ＿＿＿ ＿＿＿ ＿＿＿ 人も いました。
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> １ うた ２ うたう ３ を ４ で

The answer given is below:

> (A) 山を のぼりながら **おおごえ ＿で＿** ＿うた＿ ＿を＿ ＿うたう＿ 人も いました。

However, I was thinking perhaps the adverb おおごえで should be placed before the
verb うたう since the person was **singing loudly** ( _loudly_ modifying _to
sing_ ). The resulting sentence would be:

> (B) 山を のぼりながら うた を **おおごえ で** うたう 人も いました。

  1. Which sentence is correct, A or B?
  2. Also, are there any differences in nuance between A and B? Thank you!

*I am aware of a related question being posted before (see below), but the adverb in that post was a time frequency adverb and it was easy to see how the scope of that kind of adverb changes with its placement. With おおごえで, the matter is an entirely different one, I suspect.

[Can placements of adverbs be altered
freely?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/823/can-placements-of-
adverbs-be-altered-freely)
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nuances syntax jlpt adverbs particle-で
Placement of adverbs
"大声で" isn't an adverb, but rather a noun followed by the particle で, which
indicates the means by which something is done. The difference is like the
English "There was even a person who was singing _in a loud voice_ while
climbing the mountain" vs. "There was even a person who was singing _loudly_
while climbing the mountain". "大声で" is better thought of as the former.

As far as word order is concerned, unmarked word order places the instrumental
case (nouns marked with で) before the accusative case (nouns marked with を).

"歌を大声で歌う" would be marked word order, placing a special emphasis on the fact
that the song is being sung in a loud voice. Most songs are probably sung
loudly while climbing a mountain, so there's no special emphasis on this fact.

However, you're right in thinking that an adverb (or a verb or adjective used
adverbially) would be typically placed immediately before the verb in a
sentence with unmarked word order. Something like that might be "歌をやかましく歌う".
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