certainly – English Grammar Profiler

ADVERBS, C2, certainty, MODALITY, response token / absolutely, certainly, definitely, partially, probably, respectively, RR, somewhat, sure, surely, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably

When you ‘listen’ to someone speaking in a conversation, you can respond with short phrases that add to the conversation. These utterances carry information and sometimes a single word like an adverb is all you might say. C2 point 224 in the category of MODALITY/adverbs is defined: adverbs expressing certainty as short responses Here is …

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ADVERBS, B1, FUTURE / actually, also, always, certainly, clearly, definitely, either, ever, finally, just, likely, never, obviously, only, probably, really, RR, still, surely, VB, VVGK

Point 34 in the category of FUTURE: ‘be going to’ with a  limited range of adverbs, after the auxiliary be form, in the normal mid position. The EGP examples of adverbs include ‘never’ and ‘really’. An iWeb search for: _VB _RR _VVGK *we removed the past forms of BE 1 ‘M JUST GOING 10741 TLC …

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B1, demonstrative, phrases, plural, PRONOUNS / another, areas, certainly, couple, definitely, either, few, field, improve, interview, just, most, rid, score, sign, those, top, type, types, V

There are two almost identical B1 grammar points for ‘those’ in the category of PRONOUNS/demonstratives Point 46 is defined as: ‘those’ as a pronoun with plural reference. Point 62: ‘those’ as a pronoun to refer to things which have already been mentioned. An iWeb search for: * * * those . 1 IS ONE OF …

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A2, ADVERBS, B1, B2, C1, emphasis, hedging, MODALITY, modify / certainly, could, definitely, guess, must, obviously, probably, RR, should, surely, try, VM

B1 Point 57 in the category of modality/adverbs is defined as: modal verb + modal adverb to modify an assertion, either through hedging or emphasis. B1 point 81 in modality/adverbs is defined as: increasing range of adverbs, for emphasis However, when we check the EGP examples for point 57 which include: surely|certainly|probably, we soon see …

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