undoubtedly – English Grammar Profiler

ADVERBS, C2, MODALITY, range / affect, associate, become, cause, eventually, evolve, inevitably, normally, obviously, occur, personally, possibly, significantly, take, undoubtedly, VM, would, _VVI

Let’s look at some examples of ‘would’ + a wide range of adverbs: They would eventually become the oppressive hand of the Russian government.  (Listen) What would normally take him maybe a day or something to solder by hand, he can do in a few minutes using this machine.  (Listen)   Point 234 in the category of MODALITY is defined: wide range of adverbs with ‘would’, including ‘undoubtedly’, ‘possibly’, ‘normally’, ‘personally’, ‘eventually’, ‘obviously’, ‘significantly’, …

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ADVERBS, C2, certainty, MODALITY, response token / absolutely, certainly, definitely, partially, probably, respectively, RR, somewhat, sure, surely, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably

When you ‘listen’ to someone speaking in a conversation, you can respond with short phrases that add to the conversation. These utterances carry information and sometimes a single word like an adverb is all you might say. C2 point 224 in the category of MODALITY/adverbs is defined: adverbs expressing certainty as short responses Here is …

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ADVERBS, C1, FUTURE, position / acquired, demonstrated, encountered, extended, figured, have, input, RR, surely, undoubtedly, VVN, will

C1 English Grammar Profile point 61 in FUTURE is defined as: future perfect simple with adverbs in the normal mid-position For example: Something somewhere will always have changed.   An iWeb search for: will _R have _VVN 1 WILL PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED 102 Forbes How To Make This E-Commerce Holiday Season Your Best Yet Anyone shopping in-store will probably have noticed the first few holiday decorations being put up. 2 WILL …

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ADVERBS, C1, certainty, FUTURE, position, range / assume, become, cause, focus, going, ignore, originally, probably, struggle, surely, to, undoubtedly, VB

C1 point 58 in future with be going to is defined as: increasing range of adverbs (particularly adverbs of certainty) in the normal mid position. This point overlaps adverbs of certainty at C1. A search in iWeb for the adverbs we find in the EGP examples: _VB (probably|undoubtedly|surely) going to_T _VVI Note ‘surely’ is rare. …

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ADVERBS, C1, C2, certainty, emphasis, modify, range, true / absolutely, RR, undeniably, undoubtedly

The adverb ‘undeniably‘ is used to emphasize that something cannot be denied or disputed.  It is listed at C2 in the English Vocabulary Profile with the meaning: in a way that is almost certainly true.  For example: That‘s undeniably true. Listen In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 64 in ADVERBS/modifiers is defined as: a wide range of …

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ADVERBS, B2, C1, C2, MODALITY, must, VERBS / adapt, all, allegedly, apparently, blush, considered, definitely, doubt, equal, essence, essentially, evidently, fortunately, glance, indeed, inevitably, know, likely, literally, must, necessarily, noticeably, obviously, positively, presumably, reportedly, RR, scarcely, seemingly, sight, strictly, surely, technically, things, totally, truly, unavoidably, undeniably, undoubtedly, unnecessarily, unquestionably, VM, VVI

These are the 12 adverbs I would teach with “must” to advanced students: correctly, either, generally, somehow, therefore, constantly, currently, necessarily, simply, successfully, surely, satisfactorily, ultimately.