‘It should be noted that’ (passives to summarise) – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 36 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as:

‘it’ as a dummy subject, to summarise or evaluate in discussions, usually in formal or academic writing.

This point often overlaps C1 impersonal modal passive reporting.

*This might clash with B2.

A search of the formal patterns found in the EGP for the iWeb:

it_P _V _VB _VVN that

1 IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT 38271 2 IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT 7966 3 IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT 5822 4 IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT 5482 5 IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT 5130

6 IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT 4907

7 IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT 3793

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

It has been estimated that in the United States alone, at least 400,000 such embryos are destroyed.

Arabic Female level 5 writing class.

8 IT CAN BE SEEN THAT 3737 (This construction is very common in IELTS task 1) 9 IT CAN BE SAID THAT 3677 10 IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT 3555 11 IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT 3527 12 IT MUST BE NOTED THAT 3110 13 IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT 2693

14 IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT 2660

15 IT COULD BE SAID THAT 2416 16 IT MUST BE SAID THAT 2248 17 IT CAN BE SHOWN THAT 2055 18 IT HAS BEEN ARGUED THAT 1870 19 IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT 1794 20 IT ‘S BEEN SAID THAT 1534 21 IT WILL BE SEEN THAT 1469

22 IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT 1408

23 IT SHOULD BE MENTIONED THAT 1408

24 IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT 1402

25 IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT 1383 26 IT MAY BE SAID THAT 1375

27 IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT 1348

28 IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT 1301

29 IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT 1135

30 IT HAS BEEN REVEALED THAT 1107
31 IT CAN BE CONCLUDED THAT 1099
32 IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT 1077 33 IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THAT 1025 34 IT SHOULD BE SAID THAT 1004

35 IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT 985

36 IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED THAT 869
37 IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT 847 38 IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT 752 39 IT HAS BEEN SPECULATED THAT 739 40 IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT 723 41 IT MUST BE ADMITTED THAT 686 42 IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THAT 677 43 IT MAY BE NOTED THAT 661 44 IT WILL BE FOUND THAT 656 45 IT MAY BE ARGUED THAT 652 46 IT MIGHT BE ARGUED THAT 645 47 IT ‘S BEEN REPORTED THAT 630

48 IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT 607

49 IT MIGHT BE SAID THAT 549 50 IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT 535 51 IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT 512 52 IT WOULD BE EXPECTED THAT 470 53 IT MUST BE EMPHASIZED THAT 468 54 IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT 464

55 IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THAT 439

56 IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT 438 57 IT ‘S BEEN SHOWN THAT 416 58 IT ‘S BEEN PROVEN THAT 410 59 IT WILL BE NOTED THAT 402 60 IT HAS BEEN ASSUMED THAT 384 61 IT ‘S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT 379 62 IT CAN BE INFERRED THAT 376 63 IT HAS BEEN HYPOTHESIZED THAT 374 64 IT MAY BE ASSUMED THAT 351 65 IT WILL BE OBSERVED THAT 347 66 IT HAS BEEN KNOWN THAT 343 67 IT WILL BE REMEMBERED THAT 342 68 IT HAS BEEN SEEN THAT 340 69 IT CAN BE PROVEN THAT 339 70 IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT 332 71 IT MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 322 72 IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT 315 73 IT SHOULD BE ADDED THAT 314 74 IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED THAT 309 75 IT HAS BEEN PROVED THAT 303 76 IT WILL BE NOTICED THAT 289 77 IT MUST BE SHOWN THAT 288 78 IT IS BEING REPORTED THAT 284 79 IT ‘S BEEN ESTIMATED THAT 270 80 IT MUST BE ASSUMED THAT 267 81 IT ‘S BEEN CONFIRMED THAT 262 82 IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT 259 83 IT MIGHT BE THOUGHT THAT 257 84 IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT 255 85 IT HAS BEEN POSTULATED THAT 251 86 IT CAN BE PROVED THAT 250 87 IT HAS BEEN ALLEGED THAT 234 88 IT HAS BEEN HELD THAT 233 89 IT COULD BE SHOWN THAT 222

90 IT ‘S BEEN REVEALED THAT 219

91 IT SHOULD BE ASSUMED THAT 217 92 IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED THAT 214

93 IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT 213

94 IT HAS BEEN RUMORED THAT 210

95 IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT 205

96 IT MUST BE STATED THAT 203 97 IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT 200 98 IT CAN BE DETERMINED THAT 197 99 IT CAN BE RECALLED THAT 194

100 IT HAS BEEN NOTICED THAT 192

B2 vocabulary:

assumed, calculated, claimed, demonstrated, determined, emphasized, established, estimated, observed, proposed, recalled, revealed, stated