it is believed now

[Tomeks]

English language.
I am arguing with someone about the correctness of these two:
"It is now belived that the kidnapping could have been planned"
and
"Is is belived now that the kidnapping could have been planned"


Which one is correct?
Please only English and American people answer, as it'd be the only proof my discussion opponent would accept.

[Felstaff]

Both are acceptable. Both are correct. Both mean the same thing.

However I'm a Scots-Canadian of New Zealand heritage living between Australia and South Africa... what do I know about English...

[eSOANEM]

Both are acceptable. Both are correct. Both mean the same thing.

Speaking as an Englishman, I agree with Felstaff although I would express a slight preference for the first sentence.

[Twelfthroot]

As a native American English speaker, both are fine to me. The second allows the possibility of using "now" to mean nothing other than "pay attention to what I'm saying", as in "The thing, now, is that..." but that's certainly not necessarily the case. Otherwise the meanings are identical. I think I'd use the first if I didn't have a reason for the second, but I don't have to strain my imagination to think of situations where I would.

[skullturf]

I am originally Canadian and now live in the US. I have a preference for the former, but that preference might be only aesthetic. The former seems to "flow" better, but I'm not sure I would say the latter is "wrong".

(BTW, the correct spelling is "believed", which you have correct in the title of your post, but not in the sentence itself.)

[Iulus Cofield]

Now is an adverb and as such gas considerable flexibility in placement, which is why both are correct.

[Tomeks]

Yeah. Copied those sentences from my gf's message, but created the topic by myself ^^.
And won the argument ;*
Thanks for all the replies, EOT