plus – English Grammar Profiler

The use of the conjunction ‘plus’ is covered by two different B1 grammar points in the English Grammar Profile.

Point 14 in CONJUNCTIONS/coordinating is defined as:

‘PLUS’ WITH NOUNS often in relation to numbers.

The home offers four bedrooms plus a study which could be a potential fifth bedroom.

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Point 12 is:

‘plus’ to connect clauses and sentences, often to point out a positive addition or advantage.

Here’s an example of ‘plus‘ joining sentences:

They can show where the robot is going or if it’s confused.   Plus, eyes make robots more human.

This post is another example where the English Vocabulary Profile is clearer than the English Grammar Profile.  In the EVP, there are 3 entries for ‘plus’.

PREPOSITION
A2= added to

CONJUNCTION
B1 = and also

NOUN [C]
B2 INFORMAL = an advantage or a good feature

Here’s an example of ‘plus‘ as a noun:

It is also not noisy, which is a big plus.

A search in iWeb for:

plus * * * *

1 PLUS. 1289 2 PLUS, IT’S A 874 3 PLUS, OF COURSE, 823 4 PLUS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 811

5 PLUS, IF YOU ‘RE 774

6 PLUS THE COST OF THE 724
7 PLUS SIGN ( + ) 723 (not a conjunction) 8 PLUS, THERE ‘S A 626 9 PLUS, YOU’LL GET 604 10 PLUS, YOU CAN USE 574 11 PLUS, YOU DON’T 556 12 PLUS, YOU’LL BE 546

13 PLUS, IF YOU HAVE 528

14 PLUS, YOU GET TO 489 15 PLUS, I DON’T 485 16 PLUS, YOU’LL HAVE 474 17 PLUS, IT HAS A 468

18 PLUS SO MUCH MORE! 448

19 PLUS, THERE IS A 440 20 PLUS, IF YOU ARE 421 21 PLUS, YOU CAN GET 416 22 PLUS ACCRUED AND UNPAID INTEREST 415 23 PLUS, YOU DONT 374 24 PLUS, I DONT 363 25 PLUS , YOU ‘LL FIND 362 26 PLUS Q! Q! Q! Q! 362 27 PLUS , IT COMES WITH 348

28 PLUS THE FACT THAT THE 342

29 PLUS IN MY BOOK . 337 30 PLUS , THERE ‘S NO 331

31 PLUS A WHOLE LOT MORE 331

32 PLUS , YOU HAVE TO 328 33 PLUS , THERE ‘S THE 319

34 PLUS , IF YOU DO 311

35 PLUS , THERE IS NO 306 36 PLUS , IT ‘S NOT 305 37 PLUS , IT CAN BE 305 38 PLUS , YOU CAN ALSO 296 39 PLUS , A LOT OF 290 40 PLUS MUCH MORE . 290 41 PLUS , YOU GET A 283

42 PLUS THE FACT THAT IT 279

43 PLUS SHIPPING AND HANDLING . 278

44 PLUS ( + ) SIGN 275

45 PLUS YOU DO N’T HAVE 275

46 PLUS SO MUCH MORE . 269

47 PLUS , THERE WILL BE 267

48 PLUS A WIDE RANGE OF 266

49 PLUS , BUT NOT REQUIRED 260

50 PLUS , IT DOES N’T 259

* * * * plus

1 . ON THE PLUS 2997
2 7 AND IPHONE 7 PLUS 1428
3 6 AND IPHONE 6 PLUS 1302
4 IPHONE 6 AND 6 PLUS 1064
5 IPHONE 7 AND 7 PLUS 995 6 , WHICH IS A PLUS 937 7 WHICH IS A BIG PLUS 846 8 WHICH IS ALWAYS A PLUS 799

9 IPHONE 6S AND 6S PLUS 763

10 WHICH IS A HUGE PLUS 727

11 6S AND IPHONE 6S PLUS 617

12 , AND MORE. PLUS 613

13 SO THAT’S A PLUS 518 (not a conjunction)

14 GALAXY S8 AND S8 PLUS 469 15 ALL OF THE ABOVE PLUS 441 16 IS A STANDARD ECONOMY PLUS 426 17 , BUT ON THE PLUS 368 18 OF THE ABOVE, PLUS 359 19 MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS 319 20 THIS IS A BIG PLUS 303

21 7 OR IPHONE 7 PLUS 296

22 6 , IPHONE 6 PLUS 282 23 THAT ‘S A BIG PLUS 269

24 , TWITTER , GOOGLE PLUS 253

25 THIS IS A HUGE PLUS 253

26 6 OR IPHONE 6 PLUS 252

27 AND MUCH MORE. PLUS 252 28 . BUT ON THE PLUS 251 29 FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ( PLUS 251 30 ON THE IPHONE 7 PLUS 247 31 . CLICK THE PLUS 242 32 OF THE IPHONE 7 PLUS 235 33 IS ALSO A BIG PLUS 232 34 WOULD BE A BIG PLUS 229 35 S8 AND GALAXY S8 PLUS 215 36 , CLICK ON THE PLUS 208 37 WHICH IS A MAJOR PLUS 195 38 THE IPHONE 7 PLUS 193 39 , THE IPHONE 7 PLUS 188 40 IPHONE 6 OR 6 PLUS 187 41 TO CHOOSE FROM , PLUS 183 42 ) . ON THE PLUS 181 43 OF THE IPHONE 6 PLUS 181 44 FOR THE IPHONE 6 PLUS 176 45 FOR THE IPHONE 7 PLUS 175 46 OF THE LOAN AMOUNT PLUS 175 47 THE SAME TIME . PLUS 173 48 IPHONE 7 OR 7 PLUS 172

49 BY CLICKING ON THE PLUS 171 (doesn’t appear to be a conjunction)

50 . ALL THIS , PLUS 165

A2 Vocabulary:

cost, fact, if, plus, so, whole, wide

B1:

amount, district, handling, huge, interest, loan, range, required

*However our following example is overshadowed by the use of a noun without an article:

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE, Portuguese, Female, Level 3, Writing class.

Real price of the living room $889.99 now is available at $378.99 plus tax,

the coffee table is available now at $141.95 tax included, it was $283.95.

*The word ‘plus’ is difficult to tag in corpora.  

1 PLUS (II) 1002649, 3 PLUS (NN1) 135917, 39 PLUS (NP1) 1087, 52 PLUS (RR%) 604, 68 PLUS (CC%) 62