miketuan

[dusty grove]

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[static hemlock]

For short adverbs, they tend to be placed before the verb if they modify an infinitive

« J'ai décidé de bien lui dire la vérité »

The adverb is modifying a conjugated verb in the second sentence so it's after the verb:
Pensez à [bien distinguer]
[Pensez bien] à faire

[fickle nacelle]

Thats what I thought too, I did some researches and found these two stuff that contradict each other

thats crazy

[rare raptor]

The first one seems to be referring to (semi) auxiliaries while the second refers to a bare infinitive

I don't have examples to confirm or deny either though

fairly certain the second isn't 100% true

The first might

[static hemlock]

For the second example, short adverbs can come before the infinitive

« tranquillement » is a long one

I think that the general rule is that adverbs go after verbs (je marche calmement, je l'ai souvent dit, j'hésite à lui dire autrement) but in some cases, this rule can be broken (short adverbs before infinitives « j'ai décidé de bien le faire », long adverbs after the past participle instead of auxiliary « je l'ai dit normalement »)

I think that the only solid rule is that adverbs are never placed between the subject and verb

That's English's thing

In French, that area is reserved for object pronouns and only object pronouns