forward – English Grammar Profiler

B1, background, continuous, PAST, perfect / been, care, closely, dating, figure, for, forward, had, hoping, keeping, missing, PELIC, searching, sell, since, through, TLC, try, trying, VHD, VVG

Point 27 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect continuous: an action or event which began before a point in the past and was still continuing up to that point, often with ‘for’ or ‘since’, to give background information. Point 32 in the PAST is defined as: past perfect continuous: background action …

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A2, formal, FUTURE, phrasal, PREPOSITIONS, VERBS / ABLE, actually, already, assisting, building, challenge, closely, continuing, fans, forward, II, look, most, NN, opportunity, out, PELIC, receiving, response, rest, returning, serving, so, to, trying, VVG, welcoming

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 13 in the category of VERBS/phrasal-prepositional is defined as: ‘look forward to’ as a fixed expression followed by an ‘-ing’ form or noun phrase, usually at the end of correspondence. However, the English Vocabulary Profile lists this at: B1 to feel happy and excited about something that is …

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B1, emphasis, NOUNS, phrases / a, additional, amount, amounts, care, condition, confidential, data, deal, demand, difference, duties, expectations, experience, fan, fond, forward, high, hopes, huge, idea, ideas, information, JJ, large, lengths, level, levels, low, matters, memories, news, NN, notice, period, personal, post, price, prices, product, property, proximity, quality, range, real, regard, results, scale, service, shape, simple, space, SPECIAL, standards, statements, such, tough, value, variety, way, wide, wonderful

Point 41 in the category of  NOUNS is defined as: noun phrases with ‘such a’ + adjective + singular noun and ‘such’ + adjective + plural noun, to give emphasis.   An iWeb search for: such a _JJ _NN 1 SUCH A LONG TIME 7187 2 SUCH A BIG DEAL 6247 3 SUCH A SHORT …

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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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C1, CLAUSES, information, introduce, NEGATIVE, non-finite, subordinate / breath, disappoint, forward, knowing, not, scare, taking away, VVG, wanting, waste, wasting, XX

Here are examples of negative non-finite clauses giving more information: I remember thinking very highly of Private Bell not wanting to see his record tarnished by a formal charge. listen   Look into my eyes so you know what it‘s like to live a life not knowing what a normal life‘s like. listen C1 English Grammar Profile point 116 CLAUSES/subordinated is defined as: non-finite clause, introduced by ‘not’ + ‘-ing’, to give more information *This is hard to find any examples of online because there are many informally ellipted …

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B1, B2, CONJUNCTIONS, continuous, FOCUS, PAST, perfect, PRESENT / around, been, bothering, care, closely, figure, for, forward, growing, happening, has, have, JJ, leading, operating, over, popularity, product, providing, residents, rounds, searching, serving, since, strong, through, try, trying, VHZ, VVG, way, when

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