start – English Grammar Profiler

ADVERBS, B1, emphasis, FUTURE, GSE, time / develop, ease, raise, reflect, start, time, to, VVI, yet

At 55 B1+ on the GSE, in the vocabulary section, YET = used to emphasize that something could still happen in the future, or that there is still enough time to do something For example: There’s plenty of time yet to enter the competition. *The second sense is not listed in the EGP or EVP.  It …

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ADVERBS, C1, emphasis, MODALITY / certainly, check, come, consider, definitely, find, get, give, go, know, look, make, ought, probably, put, read, really, RR, see, start, stop, surely, take, think, to, try, use, VVI, work

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 180 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘ought to’ with ‘really’ to add emphasis. A search on iWeb for clusters with lexical verbs: 1 REALLY OUGHT TO KNOW 254 2 REALLY OUGHT TO GET 136 3 REALLY OUGHT TO GO 76 4 REALLY OUGHT TO CONSIDER …

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