nowhere – English Grammar Profiler

C2, fixed expressions, FOCUS, position / a, all, II22, nowhere, of, out, RR44, sudden

C2 point 13 in the category of FOCUS is  defined as:  more than one fixed expression in the front position for added focus. The English Grammar Profile examples include: But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, All in all, taking everything into account, (*This is not a good example since it is just repeating …

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ADJECTIVES, B1, CLAUSES, indefinite, phrases, PRONOUNS / JJ, nothing, nowhere, PELIC, PN1, RL, somewhere, VVI

Let’s look at what intermediate students can do with indefinite pronouns and adjectives. Point 44 in ADJECTIVES/position is defined as: adjective or adjective phrase after pronouns like ‘something’, ‘nothing’, ‘somewhere’, ‘nowhere’ Point 29 in NOUNs is defined as: phrases with an indefinite pronoun + adjective or clause. We have crossed out ‘something’ because it has …

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A2, ADJECTIVES, B1, indefinite, PRONOUNS, specify / amazing, anything, awesome, cool, crazy, dangerous, extra, fresh, healthy, heavy, higher, horrible, JJ, larger, negative, nothing, nowhere, PN1, real, simple, simpler, soft, something, somewhere, SPECIAL, strange, stronger, terrible, unusual, useful, wonderful, worse

Let’s look at some examples of the indefinite pronoun ‘something’ + adjective phrase.  This relates to “post positioned adjectives” ‘something’ is an indefinite pronoun.  ‘special’ is an adjective. The adjective post-modifies the pronoun.  The adjective makes the pronoun more specific. Well,  how about something special for lunch tomorrow to cheer you up? I‘ll make something special for you. (Watch example sentences) The meaning of ‘something adjective‘ …

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