cool – English Grammar Profiler

A2, ADJECTIVES, demonstrative, PRONOUNS, response token / amazing, another, awesome, cool, crazy, fair, JJ, just, news, point, so, story, sure, that, true, VBZ

Point 38 in PRONOUNS/demonstratives is defined: RESPONSE TOKENS WITH ‘that’s’ + adjective to respond to something However, the EGP examples do not always contain an adjective: That’s great! That’s a pity! That’s a good idea! FOR EXAMPLE: Do you always go to the same place? Oh, that’s awesome! An iWeb search for: That _VBZ * ! 1 THAT ‘S IT ! 12397 2 THAT ‘S RIGHT ! …

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A2, MODALITY, NEGATIVE / ABLE, call, case, complete, cool, enough, fair, if, not, out, PELIC, so, such, surprise, surprised, take, without, would, XX

Point 15 in MODALITY is defined: would negative forms *It is incredibly hard to find an example that is not already a part of another grammar point. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I’m convinced that it wouldn’t take much time to change the system  and think about how to add new things  in order to help people to start the workday in a more enjoyable manner. French male level 4 writing class. An iWeb search for: would _XX * * * 1 WOULD NOT BE …

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A2, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, degree, gradable / amazing, awesome, busy, called, clear, comfortable, cool, full, glad, high, interested, JJ, large, low, lucky, PELIC, pleased, popular, pretty, quite, really, RG, simple, so, SPECIAL, strong, sure, true, useful

Point 32 in the category of ADJECTIVES/modifying: adverbs of degree (‘really’, ‘so’, ‘quite’) with an increasing range of common gradable adjectives. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I was so hungry, so I ate two sandwiches. Korean male level 2 writing class. An iWeb search for: really|so|quite _JJ 1 REALLY GOOD 291861 2 SO GOOD 182087 3 SO EASY 127227 4 SO IMPORTANT 102790 5 SO …

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ADJECTIVES, B1, CLAUSES, exclamations, phrases / amazing, awesome, brilliant, clear, cool, crazy, fantastic, horrible, how, JJ, lovely, lucky, perfect, pretty, simple, SPECIAL, strange, terrible, true, useful, wonderful

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 62 in the category of CLAUSES/phrases/exclamations is defined as: ‘How’ + adjective. A search in iWeb for: How _JJ ! 1 HOW EXCITING ! 1276 2 HOW FUN ! 799 3 HOW COOL ! 563 4 HOW CUTE ! 498 5 HOW WONDERFUL ! 427 6 HOW BEAUTIFUL ! 291 …

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ADJECTIVES, B1, CLAUSES, exclamations, phrases / amazing, cool, glad, how, JJ, lovely, lucky, must, should, strange, sweet, that, to, true, VVI, were, wonderful

An ‘exclamation’ means: a remark expressing surprise or strong emotion. How wonderful that you came. How nice to see you! In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 48 in CLAUSES phrases/exclamations is defined as: ‘HOW’ + ADJECTIVE + CLAUSE A search in iWeb for: . How _JJ _P _V 1 . HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 103 2 . HOW LUCKY WE ARE 97 …

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B1, informal, QUESTIONS, tags / amazing, awesome, by, cool, crazy, dream, enough, far, mean, means, news, out, point, pretty, reason, right, simple, so, somewhere, sounds, true, while

Point 16 in the category of QUESTIONS is defined as: ‘RIGHT’ AS AN INFORMAL TAG in informal contexts. A search in iWeb for: * * , right ? 1 I KNOW , RIGHT ? 1260 2 MAKES SENSE , RIGHT ? 866 3 PRETTY COOL , RIGHT ? 735   National Law Review New Jersey …

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ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, B1, degree, emphasis, VERBS / amazing, angry, awesome, busy, cool, hate, high, hope, hoping, loud, low, lucky, PELIC, pleased, quickly, really, should, sick, simple, soft, strong, thin, useful, wish

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 38 in the category of ADVERBS/modifiers is defined as: DEGREE: ‘really really’ with verbs and adjectives for emphasis. 1 REALLY REALLY REALLY 2775 2 REALLY REALLY GOOD 2561 3 REALLY REALLY WANT 1526 4 REALLY REALLY LIKE 1090 5 REALLY REALLY BAD 1082 6 REALLY REALLY HARD 992 7 REALLY …

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A2, ADJECTIVES, B1, combine, complex, modify, NOUNS / air, area, bright, cash, chicken, cool, deep, double, dry, envelope, fair, free, fresh, friendly, grandfather, health, healthier, healthy, heavy, high, information, JJ, low, middle, modern, NN, PELIC, price, real, rich, serve, served, soft, staff, sunny, thin, way, ways, wet, whole

This is another grammar point that is probably easier to deal with in the English Vocabulary Profile.  There are too many vague differences to distinguish between the different entries in the English Grammar Profile.  They could be explained in more detail. B1 Point 55 in the category of ADJECTIVES is defined as: a comma to …

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A2, ADJECTIVES, B1, indefinite, PRONOUNS, specify / amazing, anything, awesome, cool, crazy, dangerous, extra, fresh, healthy, heavy, higher, horrible, JJ, larger, negative, nothing, nowhere, PN1, real, simple, simpler, soft, something, somewhere, SPECIAL, strange, stronger, terrible, unusual, useful, wonderful, worse

Let’s look at some examples of the indefinite pronoun ‘something’ + adjective phrase.  This relates to “post positioned adjectives” ‘something’ is an indefinite pronoun.  ‘special’ is an adjective. The adjective post-modifies the pronoun.  The adjective makes the pronoun more specific. Well,  how about something special for lunch tomorrow to cheer you up? I‘ll make something special for you. (Watch example sentences) The meaning of ‘something adjective‘ …

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