these – English Grammar Profiler
A2, agreement, NOUNS, plural / are, binoculars, boxers, briefs, glasses, goggles, headphones, jeans, NN2, panties, pants, PELIC, pliers, pyjamas, raybans, scissors, shorts, sunglasses, these, tights, tongs, trousers, tweezers, were
Here’s an example of the plural only noun ‘pants’ agreeing with the determiner ‘these’ and the verb ‘are’ These pants are lycra. Listen to this sentence. Here’s a student example: His jeans were too tight. PELIC Korean female level 5 listening class. A2 point 16 in the category of NOUNS is defined: NOUNS ONLY USED IN THE PLURAL with plural …
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C1, DETERMINERS, phrases, plural, PRONOUNS, quantity / boys, categories, circumstances, conditions, DD, DD2, either, events, issues, items, locations, major, men, methods, neither, NN2, of, options, products, situations, these, things, those
‘Either’ can mean “the one or the other.” ‘Neither’ can mean “not the one and not the other” or “not either.” C1 English Grammar Profile point 63 in DETERMINERS/quantity is defined as: ‘either’ and ‘neither’ + ‘of’ with plural noun phrases or pronouns. For example: Neither of these men is Chaney. (note the subject-verb agreement!) listen I don’t think …
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B1, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, modify, PRONOUNS, quantity / all, DD, MC1, of, one, PELIC, some, that, these, this, those, was
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 52 in the category of PRONOUNS / demonstratives is defined as: quantifying determiners + ‘of’ with demonstrative pronouns An iWeb search for: _DD of _DD 1 SOME OF THESE 258542 STUDENT example: The hospitality in Saudi Arabia is very different between provinces. Some of these have traditional hospitality, but others have modern hospitality. PELIC Arabic male level 3 …
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A2, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, NOUNS, phrases, plural / activities, areas, cases, companies, DD2, files, guys, ideas, instructions, kids, NN2, PELIC, programs, sites, terms, these, those, types
In the English Grammar Profile, A2 points 16 & 17 in the category of DETERMINERS/demonstratives is about the use of ‘these’ and ‘those’ with plural nouns. We did an iWeb search for: these|those _NN2 1 THESE THINGS 291847 2 THOSE THINGS 157643 3 THESE TERMS 141602 4 THESE GUYS 121511 5 THESE TYPES 109413 6 THESE …
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B1, demonstrative, PRONOUNS / PELIC, PN, these
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 56 in the category of PRONOUNS/demonstratives is defined as: ‘these’ to refer to something with immediate relevance which has already been mentioned. For example: He writes messages on the back of these. listen iWeb search: * * * these . 1 A COMBINATION OF THESE . 839 2 A FEW OF THESE …
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B2, PRONOUNS / DD2, NN2, these, those
Point 73 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: ‘these ones’, ‘those ones’ as a substitute for plural countable nouns which have already been mentioned or are obvious from the context. A look for * * these|those ones * * in the iWeb corpus: 1 ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE YOU 29 The …
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