increasing range of stance adverbs – English Grammar Profiler

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In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 37 in the category of adverbs/modifiers is defined as:

increasing range of adverbs: to indicate an attitude or viewpoint.

For example:

Basically, I agree with you. We need blankets because we should keep our bodies warm while we are sleeping.

PELIC STUDENT: Japanese, Male, 4, g

This is obviously for me.

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A list of adverbs can be taken from the EGP examples:

In iWeb they rank:

1 ACTUALLY 4267337 (this is not in the EGP examples)

2 COMPLETELY 1846229

3 CLEARLY 1118221 (However this is listed in the EGP as C1)

4 BASICALLY 867117 (This is B2 in the EVP)
5 OBVIOUSLY 859867
6 HOPEFULLY 614787
7 HONESTLY 369958
8 SADLY 242902
9 LUCKILY 201624

*Remember some have multiple meanings: not related to stance, however, they are all rank highly in the EVP.

We can follow the forms surrounding the EGP examples in iWeb:

1 IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 9509 2 IS COMPLETELY FREE 7855 3 ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 6040 4 BE COMPLETELY HONEST 4099 5 IS CLEARLY VISIBLE 3582 6 IS COMPLETELY DRY 3366 7 BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 3179 8 ARE COMPLETELY FREE 2684 9 IS COMPLETELY SAFE 2476 10 IS COMPLETELY NORMAL 2437 11 ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE 2318 12 WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 2141 13 IS COMPLETELY WRONG 1706 14 BE COMPLETELY WRONG 1625 15 IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE 1483 16 ARE COMPLETELY NEW 1365 17 IS CLEARLY EVIDENT 1362 18 BE CLEARLY VISIBLE 1323 19 IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL 1311 20 ARE COMPLETELY DRY 1252 21 ‘S COMPLETELY FREE 1250 22 ‘S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 1195 23 IS COMPLETELY USELESS 1188 24 IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE 1160 25 IS COMPLETELY NEW 1136 26 BE COMPLETELY FREE 1130 27 IS COMPLETELY NATURAL 1102 28 IS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT 1097 29 IS COMPLETELY FALSE 1092 30 ARE COMPLETELY SAFE 1032 31 IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT 977 32 IS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT 975 33 BEING COMPLETELY HONEST 952 34 IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT 926 35 IS COMPLETELY OPEN 892 36 IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY 879 37 WAS COMPLETELY WRONG 875 38 IS COMPLETELY CUSTOMIZABLE 869 39 IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY 848 40 ARE COMPLETELY UNAWARE 828 41 ARE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT 785 42 WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 765 43 WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE 753 44 IS COMPLETELY EMPTY 752 45 IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE 736 46 IS COMPLETELY FINE 722 47 WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE 705 48 IS COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT 695 49 BE COMPLETELY SAFE 667 50 IS CLEARLY WRONG 662 51 ARE COMPLETELY WRONG 661 52 IS COMPLETELY LEGAL 655 53 ‘S COMPLETELY NORMAL 649 54 ARE COMPLETELY USELESS 649 55 BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT 621 56 BE COMPLETELY ACCURATE 616 57 ARE COMPLETELY CUSTOMIZABLE 604 58 BE COMPLETELY DRY 604 59 IS COMPLETELY FULL 601 60 IS COMPLETELY POSSIBLE 588 61 IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE 583 62 IS COMPLETELY TRUE 582 63 IS COMPLETELY UNRELATED 569 64 WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED 549 65 BE COMPLETELY SURE 535 66 IS COMPLETELY WATERPROOF 535 67 IS COMPLETELY RANDOM 533 68 IS CLEARLY IMPORTANT 522 69 WAS COMPLETELY NEW 515 70 IS COMPLETELY FLAT 513 71 ARE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT 496 72 ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL 491 73 IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE 477 74 WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT 477 75 IS BASICALLY USELESS 472 76 IS COMPLETELY CLEAR 472 77 BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT 468 78 AM COMPLETELY NEW 465 79 BE COMPLETELY USELESS 465 80 IS CLEARLY SUPERIOR 452 81 IS OBVIOUSLY WRONG 451 82 ARE COMPLETELY UNRELATED 446 83 IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS 446 84 IS COMPLETELY CLEAN 443 85 BE COMPLETELY HAPPY 437 86 IS COMPLETELY DEAD 436 87 WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE 431 88 IS CLEARLY DIFFERENT 425 89 IS COMPLETELY SMOOTH 425 90 WAS COMPLETELY DRY 423 91 WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY 423 92 IS COMPLETELY COMPATIBLE 419 93 WAS COMPLETELY FULL 400 94 ARE COMPLETELY NATURAL 398 95 IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT 398 96 IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL 397 97 ARE COMPLETELY OPTIONAL 392 98 BE COMPLETELY NEW 384 99 IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE 383

100 IS COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL 381

1 . HOPEFULLY IT 9235

Hopefully, it won’t come to that.

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2 . HOPEFULLY YOU 8332 3 . HOPEFULLY I 7513 4 . LUCKILY I 6956 5 . HOPEFULLY WE 6792 6 . HOPEFULLY THEY 6028 7 . OBVIOUSLY I 5330 8 . OBVIOUSLY YOU 5008 9 . OBVIOUSLY IT 4724 10 . BASICALLY IT 4478 11 . BASICALLY YOU 4233 12 . BASICALLY I 3815 13 . HONESTLY I 3282 14 , HOPEFULLY YOU 3112 15 . OBVIOUSLY WE 3077 16 . HOPEFULLY HE 3027 17 , HOPEFULLY IT 2875 18 . LUCKILY WE 2464 19 . SADLY I 2284 20 . LUCKILY IT 2181 21 . OBVIOUSLY THEY 2024 22 . HOPEFULLY SOMEONE 1884 23 , HOPEFULLY WE 1822 24 , HOPEFULLY I 1774 25 , HOPEFULLY THEY 1726 26 , OBVIOUSLY YOU 1652 27 . BASICALLY THEY 1558 28 . OBVIOUSLY HE 1517 29 . SADLY IT 1511 30 , OBVIOUSLY I 1430 31 , OBVIOUSLY IT 1327 32 . CLEARLY IT 1323 33 . BASICALLY WE 1190 34 . LUCKILY THEY 1086 35 . CLEARLY THEY 993 36 . LUCKILY HE 957 37 . HOPEFULLY SHE 934 38 . CLEARLY I 927 39 , OBVIOUSLY WE 921 40 . CLEARLY HE 905 41 . CLEARLY YOU 857 42 , HONESTLY I 835 43 , LUCKILY I 825 44 , BASICALLY IT 818 45 , BASICALLY YOU 808 46 . LUCKILY YOU 791 47 . SADLY WE 774 48 . HONESTLY IT 760 49 , HOPEFULLY HE 749 50 . CLEARLY WE 740 51 . BASICALLY HE 693 52 , BASICALLY I 690 53 . LUCKILY SHE 626 54 , OBVIOUSLY THEY 614 55 . SADLY THEY 558 56 . SADLY HE 544 57 , BASICALLY ANYTHING 535 58 , SADLY I 532 59 , HOPEFULLY SOMEONE 522 60 . BASICALLY ANYTHING 509 61 , SADLY IT 483 62 . OBVIOUSLY SHE 481 63 , CLEARLY IT 455 64 , BASICALLY EVERYTHING 425 65 . BASICALLY EVERYTHING 414 66 , OBVIOUSLY HE 397 67 , LUCKILY IT 388 68 , BASICALLY THEY 381 69 , CLEARLY YOU 363 70 . CLEARLY SHE 360 71 , CLEARLY THEY 306 72 , LUCKILY WE 283 73 , CLEARLY I 280 74 . BASICALLY SHE 268 75 . HOPEFULLY SOMETHING 266 76 . CLEARLY SOMETHING 255 77 , BASICALLY WE 252 78 . HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING 249 79 , HONESTLY IT 246 80 . SADLY SHE 242 81 . HOPEFULLY EVERYONE 236 82 , CLEARLY WE 236 83 , HOPEFULLY SHE 233 84 . OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING 228 85 . HONESTLY YOU 213 86 . SADLY YOU 207 87 . LUCKILY NO 200 88 . HONESTLY WE 174 89 . OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE 172 90 , SADLY THEY 166 91 , SADLY WE 165 92 , CLEARLY HE 162 93 . HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY 158 94 . OBVIOUSLY NO 148 95 , OBVIOUSLY SHE 147 96 . OBVIOUSLY ONE 144 97 , LUCKILY THEY 142 98 , HOPEFULLY SOMETHING 136 99 , LUCKILY HE 132

100 . OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE 126

1 IS COMPLETELY UP TO DATE 129 2 IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT 121 3 IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A GOOD 96 4 IS CLEARLY THE MOST IMPORTANT 77 5 IS CLEARLY NOT A GOOD 76 6 IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT 71 7 BE COMPLETELY UP TO DATE 63 8 ARE COMPLETELY UP TO DATE 62 9 IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY 54 10 IS CLEARLY NOT THE BEST 51

11 IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER 49

1 IS BASICALLY A WAY 352 2 IS CLEARLY THE CASE 249 3 IS CLEARLY A NEED 203 4 IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE 199 5 IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM 197 6 IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM 197 7 ‘S OBVIOUSLY A LOT 197 8 IS BASICALLY A COLLECTION 187 9 IS BASICALLY A COMBINATION 178 10 IS BASICALLY THE OPPOSITE 167 11 IS CLEARLY A CASE 160 12 IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT 151 13 IS BASICALLY A LIST 149 14 IS BASICALLY AN EXTENSION 148 15 IS CLEARLY THE WAY 147 16 IS BASICALLY A SERIES 147 17 IS BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT 143 18 ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT 141 19 IS CLEARLY A MAN 140 20 IS CLEARLY A LOT 139 21 IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE 135 22 IS BASICALLY A FORM 135 23 IS BASICALLY A BUNCH 128 24 IS BASICALLY A SET 121 25 IS CLEARLY A REFERENCE 101 26 IS BASICALLY A MATTER 96 27 WAS COMPLETELY MY FAULT 96 28 IS CLEARLY A MATTER 92 29 IS BASICALLY THE PROCESS 91 30 IS CLEARLY AN AREA 91 31 IS CLEARLY THE WINNER 90

32 IS BASICALLY A COPY 89

1 . OBVIOUSLY A LOT 151 2 . BASICALLY THE IDEA 128 3 . LUCKILY MY HUSBAND 113 4 . HOPEFULLY THE REST 110

5 . HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER 101

B1 vocabulary:

acceptable, accurate, bunch, collection, completely, false, fault, honest, honestly, hopefully, impossible, independent, issue, luckily, meanings, natural, obviously, original, series, smooth, surrounding, unexpected, unnecessary, useless