returning – English Grammar Profiler

B1, continuous, FUTURE, NEGATIVE / accepting, adding, appearing, attending, BE, bringing, commenting, competing, covering, expecting, fighting, happening, holding, joining, losing, missing, moving, not, offering, operating, ordering, participating, performing, posting, providing, purchasing, receiving, releasing, renewing, replacing, returning, seeking, selling, spending, trying, VM, VVG, wasting, will, winning, XX

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 32 in the category of FUTURE is defined: future continuous NEGATIVE WITH ‘WILL’ (won’t) An iWeb search for: wo|will _X be _VVG 1 GETTING 2959 2 GOING 2821 3 USING 2817 4 USING 2040 5 MAKING 1550 6 WILL NOT BE RETURNING 1537 Mamamia Kim Cattrall will not be returning as Samantha. …

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A2, phrasal, PREPOSITIONS, VERBS / ABLE, actually, already, assisting, building, challenge, closely, continuing, fans, forward, future, II, look, most, NN, opportunity, out, PELIC, receiving, response, rest, returning, serving, so, to, trying, VVG, welcoming

Point 13 in the category of VERBS/phrasal-prepositional is defined as: ‘look forward to’ as a fixed expression followed by an ‘-ing’ form or noun phrase, usually at the end of correspondence. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I am looking forward to getting your letter. Japanese female, level 3 writing class. A search in iWeb for: LOOK forward to * * 1 LOOK …

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B1, CLAUSES, gerund, non-finite, subordinate, time / adding, after, applying, arriving, attempting, attending, becoming, before, checking, clicking, completing, continuing, deciding, entering, failing, falling, hitting, installing, joining, losing, missing, moving, passing, PELIC, posting, reaching, receiving, removing, returning, scoring, serving, setting, signing, spending, TLC, trying, turning, VVG, winning

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 61 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: non-finite subordinate clause with ‘before’ and ‘after’ + ‘-ing’, before or after a main clause, to refer to time. Another way to say this is: ‘after + gerund’ or ‘before + gerund’ Also, note that this point will clash with …

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