modifier + adverb + complement – English Grammar Profiler
Point 67 in the category of ADVERBS is defined as:
adverb phrases with modifiers before, and complements after, adverbs.
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A search in iWeb for the pattern in the two examples in the EGP:
_V (almost|so)_R _RR _I
1 WORKED SO HARD FOR 1573
PELIC B1 Writing:
2791 : 860, gm7, Arabic Fem 110 50,1,103
Those poor people work so hard for less money, and some of them ask [for] the money from the people in the street.
2 IS SO FAR FROM 1127 3 TOOK SO LONG FOR 1020 4 WORKED SO WELL FOR 984 5 WORK SO WELL FOR 807 6 WORKS SO WELL FOR 766 7 FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT 700 8 CAME SO CLOSE TO 688 9 BE SO CLOSE TO 660 10 WORKED SO HARD ON 624 11 DO SO WELL IN 600
12 ARE SO FAR FROM 571
13 FOCUSED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON
Meanwhile, the profession holds up a select few through relentless award programs
focused almost exclusively on the aesthetics of buildings,
rather than the societal impact or contributions of them.
(listen to this sentence)
14 GET SO CLOSE TO 558 15 DO SO MUCH FOR 550 16 WORK SO WELL WITH 549 17 SEEN SO FAR IN 530 18 WORK SO WELL IN 528 19 WORKS SO WELL WITH 525 20 GOES SO WELL WITH 509 21 DOES SO MUCH FOR 484 22 TAKEN SO LONG FOR 462 23 CONSISTS ALMOST ENTIRELY OF 460 24 RELY SO HEAVILY ON 456 25 DOING SO WELL IN 453 26 BASED ALMOST ENTIRELY ON 453 27 WORK SO HARD FOR 452 28 WORKING SO HARD ON 448 29 COME SO CLOSE TO 441 30 MADE ALMOST ENTIRELY OF 423 31 WORKING SO HARD FOR 417 32 TAKE SO LONG FOR 408 33 IS ALMOST ALWAYS IN 406 34 WAITED SO LONG FOR 404 35 COMPOSED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF 401 36 WAS SO FAR FROM 384 37 KNOW SO FAR ABOUT 371 38 LIVING SO CLOSE TO 371 39 WORKS SO WELL IN 370 40 GO SO WELL WITH 369 41 ARE ALMOST ALWAYS IN 365 42 LOOKS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE 363 43 FOCUS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON 348 44 DID SO WELL IN 331 45 LIVE SO CLOSE TO 331 46 WORKED SO WELL IN 326 47 WAITING SO LONG FOR 314 48 DO SO ENTIRELY AT 304 49 RELIES SO HEAVILY ON 304 50 WAIT SO LONG FOR 295 51 WORK SO CLOSELY WITH 292 52 DONE SO WELL IN 291 53 BELIEVE SO STRONGLY IN 289 54 WAS SO FAR AHEAD 283 55 GETTING SO CLOSE TO 280 56 DEPENDS ALMOST ENTIRELY ON 279 57 IS SO FAR BEYOND 274 58 GOING SO WELL FOR 272 59 DOING SO WELL WITH 268 60 GO SO FAR IN 265 61 COME SO FAR IN 262 62 TAKES SO LONG FOR 261 63 FOUGHT SO HARD FOR 260 64 IS SO FAR AWAY 260 65 USED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR 255 66 IS ALMOST ALWAYS ON 249 67 DONE SO FAR IN 248 68 TAKING SO LONG FOR 247 69 WORKING SO WELL FOR 246 70 WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH 245 71 ARE SO FAR AWAY 236 72 FOCUSES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON 236 73 FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT 232 74 LAUGHED SO HARD AT 232 75 THINK SO HIGHLY OF 225 76 WORK SO HARD AT 223 77 FOUND ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN 220 78 BE SO FAR FROM 220 79 BEING SO FAR AWAY 219 80 BEING SO FAR FROM 214 81 WORK SO WELL ON 209 82 LAUGHING SO HARD AT 208 83 COMING SO CLOSE TO 207 84 GO SO WELL FOR 207 85 SEEN SO FAR FROM 206 86 RELIES ALMOST ENTIRELY ON 205 87 IS SO FAR AHEAD 196 88 IS SO FAR OUT 195 89 LOCATED SO CLOSE TO 192 90 DO SO WELL WITH 187 91 RELYING SO HEAVILY ON 187 92 DRIVEN ALMOST ENTIRELY BY 183 93 ARE SO FAR AHEAD 178 94 IS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE 178 95 WERE SO FAR FROM 178 96 GO SO FAR WITH 175 97 ARE ALMOST ALWAYS ON 175 98 DOING SO WELL ON 163 99 FEELS SO STRONGLY ABOUT 163
100 IS ALMOST CERTAINLY DUE 158