DD1 – English Grammar Profiler

B1, countable, demonstrative, NOUNS, PRONOUNS, singular, substitution / bit, breath, careful, DD1, disagree, forgot, forward, however, if, luck, most, mostly, one, seems, similar, so, still, strong, sure, that, this, trust, try, yeah

Here are two grammar points in the English Grammar Profile’s category of Pronouns at B1 that should be merged into one. Point 43 this one’, ‘that one’ as a substitute for countable singular nouns that have previously been mentioned. Point 64 THIS ONE’, ‘THAT ONE’” to refer to a singular countable noun. Searches in iWeb …

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C2, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, disapproval, distancing / DD1, DD2, humble, JJ, kind, leap, N, of, pounds, pressure, that, those, unwanted

C2 point 68 in DETERMINERS/demonstratives is defined as: ‘that’ and ‘those’ to convey emotional distance, often to express disapproval. The two examples in the EGP: that_DD1 sort_NN1 of_IO behaviour_NN1 those_DD2 so-called_JJ heroes_NN2 Emotional distance or disapproval is not possible to locate in corpora automatically.  We can start by copying the language patterns above. But really, …

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A2, B1, PRONOUNS, singular, time / around, by, DD1, especially, exactly, far, if, is, just, mean, means, most, nothing, PELIC, probably, reason, story, this, true, turn, type, useful, way

Here are a few English Grammar Profile points in the category of PRONOUNS/demonstratives which are hard to locate manually in corpora: A2 point 10: ‘this’ to refer to something that is happening now. A2 point 36: ‘this’ as a pronoun with singular reference. B1 point 41: ‘this’ as a pronoun to refer back to whole …

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ADVERBS, DETERMINERS / DD1, RR

1 NEITHER (RR) 2 NEITHER (DD1) NEITHER_DD1 \w+_(IO|NN|VM)\w* NEITHER_RR \w+_(A|II|J|VD|VH|R)\w* 2 . (.) NEITHER (DD1) OF (IO) 12729 3 . (.) NEITHER (RR) THE (AT) 6817 4 , (,) NEITHER (RR) THE (AT) 6661 5 . (.) NEITHER (DD1) IS (VBZ) 5788 6 IS (VBZ) NEITHER (RR) A (AT1) 4750 8 AND (CC) NEITHER (DD1) …

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ADVERBS, C1, DETERMINERS / a, DD1, formality, IO, more, of, RR, slightly, somewhat

In the English Vocabulary Profile ‘somewhat’ is listed at C1 as an ADVERB meaning ‘slightly’.  It basically means ‘to some degree’. It can be used to hedge a statement or description.  In other words, it can make what you say less forceful, or less definite. 1 SOMEWHAT (DD1) OF 29129 Yes, these interviews are somewhat of a formality, but I think it’s crucial we like-minded people get to know one another. listen …

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CONJUNCTIONS, DETERMINERS, VERBS / CST, DD1, VBZ, VHZ

1 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) 2910658 6 THAT (CST) ‘S (VBZ) 46519 8 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VHZ) 15994 9 THAT (CST) ‘S (VHZ) 12804

CONJUNCTIONS, DETERMINERS, indefinite, PRONOUNS / CST, DD1, PN1

It is much more common to follow an indefinite pronoun with ‘THAT’ as a conjunction.  ‘That’ as a determiner is less common. 1 SOMETHING (PN1) THAT (CST) 806036 2 ONE (PN1) THAT (CST) 546938 3 ANYTHING (PN1) THAT (CST) 216969 4 EVERYTHING (PN1) THAT (CST) 172404 6 SOMEONE (PN1) THAT (CST) 46752 7 NOTHING (PN1) …

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CONJUNCTIONS, DETERMINERS / CST, DD1, REX21, RG

1 THAT (CST) 68828662 3 THAT (DD1) 25191738 5 THAT (CS22) 3093377 6 THAT (RG) 524810 7 THAT (REX21) 308941

ADVERBS, DETERMINERS / DD1, RG, this

1 THIS (DD1) 81536098 4 THIS (RG) 28301 adverb (before an adjective, adverb, or ‘much’)