attempt – English Grammar Profiler

ADVERBS, annoyance, B2, C2, emphasis, repeated, surprise / adding, again, another, attempt, blow, example, factor, layer, more, reason, reminder, round, sign, yet

Listed in the English Vocabulary Profile at C2: yet another/more, etc. used to show that you are surprised or annoyed that something is being repeated or increased At B2,  Yet again again after something has happened or been done many times before However, this structure is also listed at B2 in the Cambridge dictionary: used …

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A2, B2, MODALITY, must, NEGATIVE / allow, appear, attempt, contain, disclose, exceed, interfere, must, not, VM, XX

In the English Grammar Profile, the negative form of ‘must’ in the category of MODALITY appears at two levels. Point 21 is A2 and just general form. Point 149 is B2 and is defined: USE: RULES negative forms of ‘must’ to talk about what is not permitted. *It is not clear what type of usage …

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B2, CLAUSES, emphasis, formal, imperatives, NEGATIVE / allow, apply, attempt, do, expect, let, not, remove, VVI, XX

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 Point 99 in the category of  CLAUSES & imperatives is defined as: ‘DO NOT’ for EMPHASIS in formal contexts We do not believe ‘formality’ is essential to make this structure B2. *We have expanded this point because the first person imperative can be negated simply by inserting ‘not’ after the …

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