February 2021 – English Grammar Pro

Point 120 in the category of CLAUSES/conditional is defined as: inverted ‘should’, + ‘would’ in the main clause to talk about possible future outcomes, in polite or formal contexts. Example:…

Point 69 in the category of ADVERBS/position is defined as: adverbs in mid-position, to distance the writer from what they are saying. The EGP examples are included in our iWeb…

Point 36 in CLAUSES/relative is defined as: defining relative clause, without a relative pronoun This is a hard structure to locate in corpora. We can start by searching for: _NN…

Point 36 in PRONOUNS/demonstratives is defined as: ‘this’ as a pronoun with singular reference. If we look at what is to the right 4 spaces on iWeb corpus: this *…

Point 43 at B1 in VERBS/patterns is defined as: a wide range of verbs followed by a ‘to-‘ infinitive Two examples of ‘wide range’ from the EGP are: ‘decided to…

Point 37 in the category of ADJECTIVES is defined as: an increasing range of complex noun phrases with a superlative adjective + prepositional phrase, to talk about something unique. A…

Point 19 in A2 ADVERBS as modifiers is defined as: LINKING limited range of adverbs (‘also’, ‘so’, ‘however’) to show a relationship between two clauses or sentences. The EGP examples:…

Point 28 in the category of ADJECTIVES/modifying is defined as: adjective phrases with a very limited range of adjectives + a prepositional phrase. The EGP examples are: good_JJ for_IF my_APPGE…

Point 10 in the category of NEGATION is defined as: negative statements of main verbs in the past simple with ‘didn’t’ + main verb A search in iWeb for: did…