conceived – English Grammar Profiler

ADJECTIVES, C2, emphasis, MODALITY / cautioned, conceived, confused, disclose, exceed, impossible, JJ, make, miss, not, out, overdo, overload, proceed, pursue, sure, TLC, to, twist, VB, VVI, VVN

Here’s a student example in a speaking test of ‘BE + adjective + not + to-infinitive‘ to give emphasis: When you walk, you should be careful not to disturb them because they are all below you. TLC male Sri Lanka B1 *We can also write: You should be careful that you do not disturb them… Point 230 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘BE’ + ADJECTIVE + ‘NOT’ …

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