D – English Grammar Profiler

A2, DETERMINERS, NOUNS, phrases, possessive, quantity / AP, colleagues, customers, D, few, files, guests, information, IO, members, most, NN, of, posts, several, staff

Point 29 in DETERMINERS is defined: quantifying determiners + possessive determiners + ‘of’ + noun. noun phrases PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: In fact, some of my habits are changed by my mood. Arabic male level 3 writing class. An iWeb search for: _D of _AP _NN 1 MOST OF MY LIFE 9494 2 MOST OF YOUR TIME 8510 3 MOST OF THEIR TIME …

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ADJECTIVES, B1, DETERMINERS, modify, PRONOUNS, substitution / a, common, correct, current, D, earlier, existing, few, JJ, larger, lucky, main, major, obvious, ones, original, particular, PELIC, previous, real, several, whose

Point 40 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as: determiners + premodifers + ‘ones’ PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: (referring to outdoor activities) I think Bodrum has the best ones. Turkish, Male, Level 3, Writing Class. A search in iWeb for: _A _J ones 1 THE ONLY ONES 45418 2 YOUR LOVED ONES 30909 3 THEIR LOVED ONES 22398 4 THE …

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B1, object, PRONOUNS, quantity, range / a, any, D, each, few, of, P, PELIC, some, TLC

Point 49 in the category of PRONOUNS/quantity  is defined as: increasing range of pronouns (‘some’, ‘a few’, ‘any’, ‘each’) with ‘of’ followed by an object pronoun. An iWeb search for: some|any|each of _P 1 SOME OF THEM 180790 TLC SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE: There are many types of chocolates in this world, but unfortunately, I’m a fussy girl and I just like some of them. female, India, B1 2 SOME OF …

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C1, formal, NEGATIVE / D, dare, few, focus, graduate, plot, state, survive, survived, tackles, very, VV

Point 27 in NEGATION is defined as: (very) ‘few’ meaning ‘not many’ to refer to people in formal written contexts, often reports or surveys.  few _VV 1 FEW ARE 18250 2 FEW HAVE 15340 3 FEW WILL 6660 4 FEW WERE 6485 5 FEW WOULD 6320 6 FEW CAN 5928 7 FEW COULD 2828 8 …

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CONJUNCTIONS, DETERMINERS, VERBS / CST, D, V

The word ‘that’ is almost always a subordinating conjunction between a verb and determiner.  The main exceptions have been highlighted. 1 IS (VBZ) THAT (CST) THIS (DD1) 60964 2 NOTE (VV0) THAT (CST) THIS (DD1) 50064 3 ENSURE (VVI) THAT (CST) ALL (DB) 29111 4 IS (VBZ) THAT (CST) THESE (DD2) 26839 5 IS (VBZ) …

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