June 2020 – English Grammar Pro

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There are two overlapping points in the English Grammar Profile at B2 for ‘neither nor’. Point 104 in CLAUSES & coordinated is defined as: combine two main clauses of the…

Point 103 in the category of CLAUSES & comparatives is defined as: COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + ‘THAN’ + NON-FINITE CLAUSE ‘than’ + an increasing range of non-finite clauses (to-infinitive, reduced clause)…

Point 102 in the category of CLAUSES that are relative is defined as: defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses ending in a preposition, with ‘who/which/that’ as the complement of…

Point 101 in CLAUSES & comparatives is defined as ‘THE SAME’ (+ NOUN) + ‘AS’ + CLAUSE Sadly there is no mention of whether this is only finite clauses because…

Point 100 in the category of CLAUSES is hard to find formally as it is more USE related as the relative clause refers to a whole clause or sentence, often…

Point 99 in the category of CLAUSES & imperatives is defined as: ‘DO NOT’ for EMPHASIS in formal contexts This is a very easy formal structure to locate in iWeb…

The following type of grammar makes it very clear just how hard it is for a complexity checker to identify infinite possibilities of noun phrases and clauses. Point 98 in…

In the English Grammar Profile, in the category of clauses and comparatives, there are two similar points that stress one element in comparison. Point 97 at B2 is defined as:…

C1 example: Not only did this virus continue in the places where they ‘d already become infected, but then it started to escalate and we saw the case numbers that…

This post is another that shows overlapping and points from different levels. Both points require a superlative to be followed by a clause. What is strange is that the B2…