issues – English Grammar Profiler

B1, DETERMINERS, irregular, NOUNS, plural, possessive / championship, charity, development, education, GE, issues, literature, NN2, services, singles, track, women

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 44 in the category of DETERMINERS is defined as: ‘S after irregular plural nouns to indicate possession. Here’s an expert example: Women‘s organizations were active participants from the beginning. (Listen to this sentence) A search in iWeb for: _NN2 _GE _NN We removed those that are not irregular. 1 CHILDREN ‘S HOSPITAL 34865 2 MEN ‘S …

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A2, ADVERBS, position / address, always, BE, choose, closely, connected, is, issues, likely, PELIC, RR, should, would

Here’s an example of an adverb after a modal verb + academic collocation: We would likely address these issues one after the other in a sequential way. listen to this sentence In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 30 in the category of ADVERBS: MID POSITION between the subject and the main verb and after modal verbs, auxiliary verbs and ‘be’. General points such as these do not …

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B1, DETERMINERS, NOUNS, plural, quantity, QUESTIONS / areas, benefits, cases, channels, characters, choices, companies, competitors, copies, customers, deaths, details, employees, fans, files, fingers, forms, generations, guests, ideas, issues, items, kids, levels, locations, many, members, mistakes, NN2, occasions, options, passengers, pieces, points, possibilities, pounds, products, rules, secrets, sets, sites, steps, toys, units, users, ways

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 45 in the category of DETERMINERS/quantity is defined as: ‘MANY’ WITH PLURAL NOUNS, INTERROGATIVE An iWeb search for: many _NN2 ? 1 MANY OTHERS ? 293 2 MANY POSSIBILITIES ? 181 3 MANY THINGS ? 168 4 MANY QUESTIONS ? 167 5 MANY OPTIONS ? 126 6 MANY CHILDREN ? …

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B1, DETERMINERS, NOUNS, plural, quantity / a, activities, advantages, areas, attempts, benefits, cases, comments, companies, details, dozen, favourites, few, generations, guys, hundred, ideas, inches, issues, items, locations, members, methods, miles, million, millions, NN, occasions, of, options, pieces, points, products, projects, reasons, seconds, several, songs, steps, thoughts, thousand, tips, TLC, topics, types, ways

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 39 in the category of DETERMINERS is defined as: wide range of quantifying determiners with plural nouns (‘several’, ‘millions of’, ‘a few of’). *Note that if ‘millions of’ is used as hyperbole, then it is a C1 point. TLC, Speaking test examples: There are very few sports cars in Sri Lanka. We don’t …

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C1, DETERMINERS, phrases, plural, PRONOUNS, quantity / boys, categories, circumstances, conditions, DD, DD2, either, events, issues, items, locations, major, men, methods, neither, NN2, of, options, products, situations, these, things, those

‘Either’ can mean “the one or the other.” ‘Neither’ can mean “not the one and not the other” or “not either.” C1 English Grammar Profile point 63 in DETERMINERS/quantity is defined as: ‘either’ and ‘neither’ + ‘of’ with plural noun phrases or pronouns. For example: Neither of these men is Chaney. (note the subject-verb agreement!) listen I don’t think …

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