says – English Grammar Profiler

B1, PRESENT, range, REPORTED SPEECH, simple, VERBS / adding, article, availability, average, chart, column, company, create, crossed, data, employment, examination, experience, figure, flag, god, graph, guide, if, illustration, image, just, list, location, locations, majority, map, method, most, percentage, post, price, prices, proportion, ratio, report, research, resources, results, return, say, says, section, series, show, shows, sign, signs, size, sleeve, stock, such, tin, topic, trade, trend, value, video, VV0, VVZ, wage, web, weekly

Point 26 in the category of PRESENT/simple is defined as: a limited range of reporting verbs, including ‘say’, ‘show’ EXPERT EXAMPLE: This map shows the presence of agriculture on planet Earth.   PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: Some people say that money is the root of all evil, but I disagree with it. Korean male, writing class. _P show|shows|say|says * * * We have removed lines that are not informative: 12 IT SAYS ON …

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B1, CLAUSES, pattern, phrases, PREPOSITIONS, REPORTED SPEECH, VERBS / anyone, everyone, god, herself, himself, II, myself, ourselves, said, say, saying, says, someone, that, themselves, to, yourself

Point 36 in the category of VERBs is defined as: verb pattern / reporting verb with prepositional phrase + that clause as the direct object A search in iWeb for: SAY to_II * that 1 SAID TO ME THAT 2340 2 SAY TO YOU THAT 1483 3 SAYS TO ME THAT 794 4 SAY TO …

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