CS21 Archives – English Grammar Pro

1 EXCEPT (II21) 293202 2 EXCEPT (CS) 258109 5 EXCEPT (CS21) 101718 6 EXCEPT (II) 26138 14 EXCEPT (VV0%) 638

1 RATHER (II21) 956100 2 RATHER (RG) 529786 ‘Rather’ as a degree adverb usually modifies an adjective. 1 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) A (AT1) 22044 2 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LARGE (JJ) 7161 3 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) AN (AT1) 4810 4 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) A (AT1) 2921 5 , (,) RATHER (RG_RR@) A […]

Although ‘so’ is hard to put a part of speech to, it is usually a general or degree adverb, but it can often also be a conjunction. Here is a ranked list in order of most frequent first with highlighted examples: general adverb – “So much for studying grammar everyday.” (RR) suborinating conjunction – […]

1 EVEN (RR) 10184080 2 EVEN (CS21) 2778948 3 EVEN (RR_JJ%) 452464 4 EVEN (RR_VV0%) 87875 5 EVEN (RR21) 63605 20 EVEN (VVI) 664