October 2020 – English Grammar Pro

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Point 29 in the category of PRESENT is defined as: present simple with a wide range of speech act verbs, including ‘(dis)agree’, ‘accept’, ‘advise.’ A search on iWeb corpus for agree|disagree|accept|advise * * * * *does not really locate speech act theory since there are other uses of these verbs. In particular the most common […]

Point 14 in the category of PREPOSITIONS is defined as: less frequent simple prepositions, often in a more formal, literary or business context. The examples include: amongst|unlike|throughout|upon|toward 1 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 13601 ESPN Australia Our guys have handled everything extremely well throughout the year. I think they’re going to be really excited to get […]

1 HISTORY (NN1) 3291043 2 STORY (NN1) 3184406 3 MEMORY (NN1) 1152441 4 THEORY (NN1) 854191 5 CATEGORY (NN1) 802465 6 VICTORY (NN1) 569542 7 FACTORY (NN1) 534302 8 DIRECTORY (NN1) 472252 9 INVENTORY (NN1) 433730 10 REGULATORY (JJ) 344896 11 TERRITORY (NN1) 335570 12 LABORATORY (NN1) 327694 13 GLORY (NN1) 290624 14 ADVISORY (JJ) […]

Point 12 in the category of PREPOSITIONs is defined as: preposition + relative pronoun as complement, to avoid preposition stranding, often in formal contexts. The EGP examples include: vacancy_NN1 in_II which_DDQ I_PPIS1 am_VBM very_RG interested_JJ ._. club_NN1 of_IO which_DDQ you_PPY are_VBR the_AT secretary_NN1 ._. someone_PN1 to_II whom_PNQO they_PPHS2 can_VM talk_VVI ._. A search […]

Point 79 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect simple, IMAGINED PAST, the affirmative form after ‘if only’, and the affirmative and negative forms after ‘wish’ to talk about regret. if only * _vhd _vvn 1 IF ONLY I HAD KNOWN 293 2 IF ONLY WE HAD KNOWN 62 3 IF ONLY […]

Point 78 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect continuous in relative clauses to give background information. who|that|which had been _vvg 1 WHO HAD BEEN WORKING 1233 2 WHO HAD BEEN LIVING 1080 3 THAT HAD BEEN SITTING 642 4 THAT HAD BEEN GOING 481 5 WHO HAD BEEN WAITING 479 6 […]

Point 77 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect simple in relative clauses to give background information. who|that|which had _vvn 1 WHO HAD COME 7745 2 WHO HAD TAKEN 5753 3 WHO HAD WORKED 5373 4 WHO HAD DIED 5142 5 WHO HAD MADE 4712 6 WHO HAD LOST 4373 7 WHO […]

Point 76 in the category of PAST is: past perfect continuous WITH ADVERBS in the normal mid position had _rr been _vvg 1 HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING 359 2 HAD ALREADY BEEN USING 210 3 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USING 122 4 HAD ALSO BEEN WORKING 106 5 HAD ALREADY BEEN GOING 84 6 HAD ALREADY […]

Point 75 in the category of PAST is defined as: Past perfect simple to report statements, where the main verb in the reporting clause is in the past simple. _vvd * * had _vvn 1 TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED 256 2 SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN 187 3 TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED 184 […]

Point 74 in the category of PAST is defined as: leave out the subject before the past perfect simple where it is understood from the previous clause. _c _had _vvn *However the common that clauses do not really locate ellipsis. 1 THAT HAD COME 3547 2 THAT HAD HAPPENED 3283 3 THAT HAD GONE 2900 […]