charge – English Grammar Profiler

ADJECTIVES, object, phrases, PREPOSITIONS / aware, best, charge, fact, free, JJ, knowledge, of, proud

Here are 4 examples in two sentences for the structure ‘adjective + OF + object’: To the best of my knowledge, it is free of charge. You are aware of the fact that I am proud of you. Here are the most common adjectives in this structure: best: 45 aware: 20 free: 10 proud: 4 An iWeb search for: _JJ of * * * 1 BEST OF BOTH WORLDS …

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B1, infinitive, MODALITY / accept, act, adapt, add, adjust, admit, agree, assume, battle, beat, become, bite, break, bring, build, call, cancel, charge, check, compete, compromise, consider, continue, convince, cover, create, cut, deal, decide, defend, deliver, develop, dig, disagree, drop, earn, endure, expect, experiment, explain, fight, figure, fill, fix, focus, follow, force, grow, happen, hate, have, hire, hit, hold, hope, improve, include, increase, invest, jump, keep, kill, let, likely, lose, manage, mess, move, offer, order, overcome, pass, PELIC, perform, pick, plan, prepare, produce, prove, provide, pull, purchase, push, quit, raise, realize, rebuild, remove, replace, return, save, score, search, sell, set, settle, share, shoot, shut, sign, solve, sort, spend, stand, step, stick, suffer, switch, throw, to, trust, try, turn, upgrade, win

Point 117 in the category of MODALITY is defined: ‘have to’ as an infinitive form *This will overlap sometimes with B2 adjectives followed by an infinitive. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: A child is very expensive, this causes parents to have to work more, which can lead to frustration and anger. Taiwanese female, level 4 writing class. An iWeb search for: * _TO have _TO _VVI 1 GOING TO HAVE TO GET 4269 …

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A2, affirmative, FUTURE, MODALITY, possibility, PRESENT, weak / add, allow, appear, apply, become, benefit, bring, call, charge, collect, consider, contact, contain, continue, create, decide, develop, enter, exist, experience, explain, fall, happen, hold, include, increase, involve, lead, lose, may, mean, might, notice, offer, order, PELIC, prefer, prevent, produce, prove, provide, receive, recommend, reduce, remain, request, require, result, return, seem, serve, share, sound, suggest, try, turn, VM, VVI, wish

A2 points 34 and 48 in the category of MODALITY are defined as: ‘may‘ to talk about weak possibility referring to the present and the future affirmative A2 point 47: ‘might’ … weak possibility. An iWeb search for: may_VM _VVI 1 MAY NEED 294017 2 MAY WANT 253501 3 MAY TAKE 159078 4 MAY INCLUDE 156112 …

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