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Point 56 in Verbs/patterns is defined as an increasing range of verbs followed by an ‘-ing’ form. A search for _VV _VVG in iWeb corpus: 1 KEEP GOING 656012 STARTED USING 54040 3 RECOMMEND USING 51031 1 WE RECOMMEND USING ONE OF 182 Tom’s Guide We recommend using one of the best password managers to […]

Point 52 in VERBS/patterns is defined as: introducing a new subject before the ‘-ing’ form (using noun or object pronoun) _VV _P _V*G *Notice that the ‘get/keep somebody doing somthing’ grammar structure is frequent here. Also, not all pronouns/nouns are subjects of a new clause. Much of this is still B2 as ‘verbs of the […]

Point 45 in VERBS is defined as: follow some verbs with a ‘to’-infinitive or an ‘-ing’ form, with a change in meaning. *The verbs in the EGP examples are ‘remember’ and ‘stop’. It is interesting that that top 25 ‘remember’ are all in the base/infinitive form for remember. Where as ‘stop’ has a few past […]

Point 22 in NOUNS at A2 is defined as: ‘-ing’ forms of verbs as nouns, in object position, to refer to activities. Examples include: like_II swimming_VVG, and_CC going_VVG shopping_VVG, I_PPIS1 prefer_VV0 dancing_NN1, practised_VVD windsurfing_NN1 *notice the tagger has added _nn1 to dancing and windsurfing. This also partly overlaps: Point 6 in PREPOSITONS/phrases at A2 defined as: […]