person – English Grammar Profiler

Pearson’s GSE 56 B1+ is defined: “reduced” defining (restrictive) relative clauses with verb +-ing. This point will overlap: verb of senses + object + verbing This is difficult grammar to find in corpora since many other structures get caught.  We have done a search with a full stop to narrow out questions.  Our search string …

‘You know the person making them’ (reduced verbING clause) Read More »

Here are two examples showing a limited range of determiners: A man had A problem.

EVERY person wanted to play A game.

Here’s an example of using a defining relative clause for focus: The person who sent me was you. Listen to the pronunciation. B1 Point 73 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: defining relative clauses: ‘the person who/that, the thing that, the (only) one who/that’ as a focusing device. *Some people looking for information about a relative pronoun …

THE + noun + WHO|THAT + clause (focus) Read More »

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