RATHER – English Grammar Profiler

1 RATHER THAN (II21 II22) 956100 = most commonly found as a complex prepositional phrase.  This grammar point is already covered here.

2 RATHER (RG) 529786 = ‘Rather’ as a degree adverb usually modifies an adjective.

1 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) A (AT1) 22044 2 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LARGE (JJ) 7161 3 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) AN (AT1) 4810 4 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) A (AT1) 2921 5 , (,) RATHER (RG_RR@) A (AT1) 2028 6 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) SMALL (JJ) 1978 7 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) SIMPLE (JJ) 1951 8 WOULD (VM) RATHER (RG_RR@) JUST (RR) 1840 9 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG) JUST (RR) 1594 10 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) SIMPLE (JJ) 1583 11 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) DIFFERENT (JJ) 1570 12 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) UNIQUE (JJ) 1507 13 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) INTERESTING (JJ) 1481 14 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LONG (JJ) 1476 15 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) SMALL (JJ) 1444 16 OR (CC) RATHER (RG_RR@) A (AT1) 1421 17 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) UNUSUAL (JJ) 1287 18 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) EASY (JJ) 1134 19 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) DIFFICULT (JJ) 1128 20 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) MORE (RGR) 1123 21 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG_RR@) THE (AT) 1015 22 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) GOOD (JJ) 988 23 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) STRANGE (JJ) 954 24 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) LARGE (JJ) 906 25 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) ODD (JJ) 903 26 WAS (VBDZ) RATHER (RG) A (AT1) 900 27 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) NICE (JJ) 865 28 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) DIFFERENT (JJ) 857 29 BE (VBI) RATHER (RG) DIFFICULT (JJ) 854 30 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) COMPLEX (JJ) 795 31 ID (NN1) RATHER (RG) JUST (RR) 782 32 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) MORE (RGR) 757 33 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) HIGH (JJ) 738 34 THE (AT) RATHER (RG) LARGE (JJ) 719 35 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) BIG (JJ) 701 36 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) SHORT (JJ) 698 37 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) AN (AT1) 663 38 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) IMPRESSIVE (JJ) 656 39 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) EXPENSIVE (JJ) 641 40 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) DIFFICULT (JJ) 639 41 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) POOR (JJ) 638 42 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) LIMITED (JJ) 589 43 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LENGTHY (JJ) 583 44 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) EXPENSIVE (JJ) 579 45 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) INTERESTING (JJ) 566 46 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG) ONLY (JJ) 565 47 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) ONE (MC1) 558 48 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) COMPLICATED (JJ) 549 49 ARE (VBR) RATHER (RG) SMALL (JJ) 547 50 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) LOW (JJ_RR@) 545 51 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LOW (JJ) 544 52 ARE (VBR) RATHER (RG) LARGE (JJ) 515 53 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) GOOD (JJ) 515 54 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) STRONG (JJ) 505 55 WAS (VBDZ) RATHER (RG) SURPRISED (JJ) 503 56 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) SPECIAL (JJ) 499 57 REALLY (RR) RATHER (RG_RR@) NOT (XX) 492 58 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) AS (RG@_CSA) 491 59 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) NASTY (JJ) 482 60 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) COMMON (JJ) 472 61 BE (VBI) RATHER (RG) EXPENSIVE (JJ) 464 62 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) HARD (JJ) 459 63 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) UNIQUE (JJ) 454 64 , (,) RATHER (RG) JUST (RR) 451 65 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) HIGH (JJ_RR@) 445 66 SOME (DD) RATHER (RG) INTERESTING (JJ) 445 67 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) NEW (JJ) 443 68 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) SIGNIFICANT (JJ) 434 69 UP (RP) RATHER (RG) QUICKLY (RR) 427 70 THE (AT) RATHER (RG) MORE (RGR) 421 71 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) LONG (JJ) 418 72 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) OBVIOUS (JJ) 415 73 ‘S (VBZ) RATHER (RG) A (AT1) 412 74 , (,) RATHER (RG_RR@) AN (AT1) 407 75 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) OLD (JJ) 404 76 ARE (VBR) RATHER (RG) EXPENSIVE (JJ) 404 77 IT (PPH1) RATHER (RG) DIFFICULT (JJ) 399 78 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) IMPORTANT (JJ) 392 79 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LIMITED (JJ) 391 80 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) WEAK (JJ) 390 81 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) OBVIOUS (JJ) 388 82 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) SERIOUS (JJ) 387 83 WORKS (VVZ) RATHER (RG) WELL (RR) 387 84 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) STRANGE (JJ) 386 85 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) UNPLEASANT (JJ) 381 86 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) SLOW (JJ) 377 87 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) RARE (JJ) 376 88 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) POOR (JJ) 372 89 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) WEAK (JJ) 369 90 YOUD (VV0) RATHER (RG_RR@) NOT (XX) 363 91 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) EXTENSIVE (JJ) 360 92 OUT (RP) RATHER (RG) QUICKLY (RR) 359 93 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) DULL (JJ) 354 94 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) BIZARRE (JJ) 353 95 . (.) RATHER (RG_RR@) A (AT1) 349 96 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) COMPLEX (JJ) 349 97 ARE (VBR) RATHER (RG) DIFFERENT (JJ) 347 98 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) BORING (JJ) 345 99 ARE (VBR) RATHER (RG) SIMPLE (JJ) 344

100 ARE (VBR) RATHER (RG) MORE (RGR) 339