disclose – English Grammar Profiler

ADJECTIVES, C2, emphasis, MODALITY / cautioned, conceived, confused, disclose, exceed, impossible, JJ, make, miss, not, out, overdo, overload, proceed, pursue, sure, TLC, to, twist, VB, VVI, VVN

Here’s a student example in a speaking test of ‘BE + adjective + not + to-infinitive‘ to give emphasis: When you walk, you should be careful not to disturb them because they are all below you. TLC male Sri Lanka B1 *We can also write: You should be careful that you do not disturb them… Point 230 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘BE’ + ADJECTIVE + ‘NOT’ …

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A2, B2, MODALITY, must, NEGATIVE / allow, appear, attempt, contain, disclose, exceed, interfere, must, not, VM, XX

In the English Grammar Profile, the negative form of ‘must’ in the category of MODALITY appears at two levels. Point 21 is A2 and just general form. Point 149 is B2 and is defined: USE: RULES negative forms of ‘must’ to talk about what is not permitted. *It is not clear what type of usage …

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