myself – English Grammar Profiler
ADVERBS, B1, habitual, PAST, simple / always, assumed, beyond, bit, extra, happened, idea, if, impression, just, laugh, look out, mile, myself, odd, PELIC, point, reminded, seemed, so, stood, struck, VVD, weird, wondered
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 25 in the category of PAST simple is defined as: habitual states or actions. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: They always went back late. Chinese male, level 3, writing class. EXPERT EXAMPLE: He would take me with him on his jobs and say, ” Come on Jo, let’s go do something to make this world a better place.” His hands were wide and calloused, and they always reminded me of displaced tree roots. TED Both examples in the EGP follow the pattern ‘always + past simple verb’ An iWeb search …
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A2, B1, PRONOUNS, range, reflexive, singular, VERBS / allow, bring, buy, call, calls, challenge, consider, defend, enjoy, herself, himself, imagine, introduce, itself, keep, kill, killed, lend, lends, let, limit, lose, myself, PELIC, position, PPX1, prepare, protect, prove, push, remind, save, set, setting, surround, TLC, V, yourself
B1 Point 55 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: increasing range of singular reflexive pronouns with an increasing range of verbs to refer to actions where the subject and object of the verb are the same. A2 Point 12: range of singular reflexive pronouns (‘myself’, ‘yourself’) with a limited range of verbs (‘enjoy’, …
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B1, PREPOSITIONS, PRONOUNS, reflexive, singular / ahead, allow, ashamed, bit, bring, by, care, check, consider, could, decide, describe, ever, experience, fool, happen, herself, himself, honest, I, if, information, introduce, itself, judge, just, keep, let, might, myself, opportunity, order, out, owe, PELIC, PPX1, protect, remind, save, should, so, still, top, true, try, upon, way, yourself
There are three very similar B1 points in the English Grammar Profile in the Category of PRONOUNS/singular reflexive Point 45 is defined as: ‘myself’, ‘yourself’, ‘himself’ and ‘herself’ after prepositions where the object of the preposition is the same as the subject of the verb. Point 65 is: ‘myself’, ‘yourself’, ‘himself’ and ‘herself’ for emphasis. …
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alternative, B1, CLAUSES, QUESTIONS / alone, already, art, broken, confused, crazy, disagree, dreaming, else, explode, false, guessing, impossible, let, matter, mine, murder, myself, normal, or, out, P, permanent, pushed, real, separate, should, true, try, V, worse, yourself
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 27 in the category of QUESTIONS is defined as: alternative questions with two clauses combined with ‘or’. A search in iWeb for or _V _P * ? 1 OR AM I WRONG? 621 2 OR DOES IT MATTER? 287 Villanovan Do you view all these changes in entertainment as good or bad, or does it matter at all? *Note …
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Point 119 in PRONOUNS/reflexive is defined as: ‘as for myself’ as a discourse marker to introduce or focus on a personal opinion. FOR EXAMPLE: As for myself, I have some ideas about where we went wrong this time, and one day I may call on you once more. listen TechRaptor As for myself, I am an artist in the loosest possible definition of the word; that is to say, I make art. 16 Dec 2020 A search in iWeb corpus for: . As …
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B1, CLAUSES, pattern, phrases, PREPOSITIONS, REPORTED SPEECH, VERBS / anyone, everyone, god, herself, himself, II, myself, ourselves, said, say, saying, says, someone, that, themselves, to, yourself
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 36 in the category of VERBs is defined as: verb pattern / reporting verb with prepositional phrase + that clause as the direct object A search in iWeb for: SAY to_II * that 1 SAID TO ME THAT 2340 2 SAY TO YOU THAT 1483 3 SAYS TO ME THAT …
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B2, emphasis, object, pattern, sense, VERBS / becoming, feel, happening, hear, moving, myself, N, P, PELIC, posting, see, smell, someone, spending, standing, taste, trying, VV, VVG, yourself
B2 point 54 in VERBS/patterns is defined as: some verbs connected with the senses + direct object + an ‘-ing’ form, to give emphasis to an ongoing activity. *I don’t believe B2 complexity should hinge on ‘activity’. It should also include a state. For example: I don’t see myself being with anyone else but you, Sarah. listen An iWeb search for: sense verbs …
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