CAN + increasing range of adverbs – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 173 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:

‘can’ with an increasing range of adverbs (including ‘easily’, ‘hardly’, ‘now’, ‘probably‘, ‘sometimes’, ‘still’) in the normal mid position after the modal verb or after the subject in questions.

*Note ‘still’ is listed at B1.

C1 Point 196 in MODALITY is defined as:

wide range of adverbs with ‘can’ in the normal mid position after the modal verb.

The EGP examples contain the adverbs: ‘fully’ and ‘honestly’.   But others should be considered, such as:

And I can confidently say

that no one had ever reacted to anything

I served them better than they reacted to that hotdog.

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When doing a cluster search on iWeb for can_v _r _vvi* ‘hardly’, ‘probably’ or ‘sometimes’ do not appear in the top 100 hits.

1 CAN ALSO USE 95739 (‘also’ is listed at B1) I can also use it. 11 CAN ONLY IMAGINE 18915 (b1)

12 CAN HONESTLY SAY

18236 C1

I can honestly say, standing there, looking at her home,

was the first time I felt like I’m a Tennessean.

21 CAN EASILY GET 12733

24 CAN EASILY FIND 12291

26 CAN CLEARLY SEE 12173

I can clearly see you winking.

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27 CAN STILL SEE 12038

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28 CAN REALLY HELP 11867 29 CAN EVEN USE 11834 30 CAN ALSO LEAD 11718 31 CAN EASILY SEE 10807 32 CAN ONLY ASSUME 9827

33 CAN ALSO CHANGE 9582

35 CAN ALSO BUY 9379 36 CAN ALSO GO 8998 37 CAN ONLY SEE 8878 38 CAN ALSO INCLUDE 8233 39 CAN EASILY MAKE 8169 40 CAN ALWAYS USE 8078 41 CAN EVEN GET 8055 42 CAN ALSO PLAY 7883 43 CAN ALSO ENJOY 7868 44 CAN ALWAYS FIND 7866 45 CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD 7799 46 CAN ALSO GIVE 7754 47 CAN ALSO ACCESS 7597 48 CAN REALLY MAKE 7593 49 CAN STILL MAKE 7593 50 CAN ALSO VIEW 7590 51 CAN ALSO OCCUR 7578 52 CAN ALSO WORK 7409

75 CAN EASILY ADD 6139 76 CAN ALWAYS GET 5890 77 CAN NOW GET 5788 78 CAN ALSO INCREASE 5745 79 CAN ONLY MAKE 5714 80 CAN ALSO CLICK 5654

can_v hardly|probably|sometimes _vvi*

4 CAN PROBABLY FIND 3099 5 CAN PROBABLY GUESS 2950 6 CAN PROBABLY TELL 2924

7 CAN SOMETIMES FEEL 2673

8 CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE 2671