DD2 – English Grammar Profiler

C1, DETERMINERS, phrases, plural, PRONOUNS, quantity / boys, categories, circumstances, conditions, DD, DD2, either, events, issues, items, locations, major, men, methods, neither, NN2, of, options, products, situations, these, things, those

‘Either’ can mean “the one or the other.” ‘Neither’ can mean “not the one and not the other” or “not either.” C1 English Grammar Profile point 63 in DETERMINERS/quantity is defined as: ‘either’ and ‘neither’ + ‘of’ with plural noun phrases or pronouns. For example: Neither of these men is Chaney. (note the subject-verb agreement!) listen I don’t think …

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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, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, NOUNS, phrases, plural / activities, areas, cases, companies, DD2, files, guys, ideas, instructions, kids, NN2, PELIC, programs, sites, terms, these, those, types

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 points 16 & 17 in the category of DETERMINERS/demonstratives is about the use of ‘these’ and ‘those’ with plural nouns. We did an iWeb search for: these|those _NN2 1 THESE THINGS 291847 Collocates of ‘these things‘ in the MOVIE corpus: 1 HAPPEN 483 These things happen. Don’t worry about it. listen 2 SOMETIMES 93 …

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B2, PRONOUNS / DD2, NN2, these, those

Point 73 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: ‘these ones’, ‘those ones’ as a substitute for plural countable nouns which have already been mentioned or are obvious from the context. A look for * * these|those ones * * in the iWeb corpus: 1 ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE YOU 29   The …

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B2, PRONOUNS, substitution / DD2

Point 70 in the category of PRONOUNS & demonstratives is defined as: ‘those’ as a substitute, followed by a relative clause or ‘-ed’ or ‘-ing’. The examples in the EGP contain: those who|which|that on iWeb these are broken down as: 1 THOSE WHO 1715629 2 THOSE THAT 337742 3 THOSE WHICH 33720 When we add …

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