NNT – English Grammar Profiler

A1 point 1 in the category of NOUNS/phrases: AS ADJUNCTS in some time expressions. The English Grammar Profile examples include: …you tomorrow morning. …her tomorrow …interview today. …you again next week. A search in iWeb for: _P _MD _NNT 1 IT LAST YEAR 6046 Randy did it last year. listen 2 IT LAST NIGHT 4620 3 IT NEXT TIME …

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There are two B1 passive grammar points that overlap to some degree. B1 point 7 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PRESENT CONTINUOUS, AFFIRMATIVE limited range of verbs B1 point 9 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PRESENT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE REFERENCE There are no examples of this grammar in the TLC …

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There are two similar and slightly overlapping grammar points dealing with the future in the past. B1 Point 3 in the category of report speech is defined as: about events in the future with and without backshifts for words relating to time. B1 point 39 in the category of FUTURE is defined as: ‘WOULD’ future …

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In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 46 in the category of CLAUSES/FOCUS is defined as: defining relative clauses with ‘when’ to define nouns relating to time. A search in iWeb for: the _NNT when * * 1 THE TIME WHEN I WAS 1221 (most of these are: “all the time when I was a…”) 2 THE …

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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 16 in the category of REPORTED SPEECH is defined as: events in the past with backshifts for tenses and words relating to time Automatic searches for this are impossible but we can look in corpora for combinations of told * previous|following * _nnt since these all exist in the …

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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 62 in category of PAST is defined as: a range of time adjuncts with the past simple. This is quite ambiguous as to what constitutes this in the EGP exactly.  The examples all include a past simple verb and a time word but often with lots of words …

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