VV0 – English Grammar Profiler
C2, VERBS / BE, CST, not, that, VV0
There is no mention of ‘subjunctive’ in the English Grammar Profile. There are some points such as the second conditional though that indirectly cover it. For this reason, we suggest that sentences using other subjunctive forms that are not conditional or listed elsewhere, be considered as C2. Here are that clause examples from Wikipedia: It‘s crucial that he be here by noon. …
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C1, CLAUSES, FOCUS, imperatives, point, text / absence, chart, definition, image, images, manual, note, notice, presence, release, safety, schedule, see, the, VV0
Within a text or speech, we can use imperatives to point to its parts for the reader or listener to focus on. For example:
SEE the section on the presence of issues below. NOTE the lack of a safety manual.
NOTICE the difference between these two charts.
A2, affirmative, base, CLAUSES, imperatives, NEGATIVE, VERBS / add, bear, believe, boil, bring, call, click, contact, do, follow, forget, free, full, help, hope, however, if, include, keep, let, list, me, mind, most, out, PELIC, prepare, set, sharing, so, star, sure, take, thank, try, us, VD, video, view, VV0, VVI, XX
Here are two A2 English Grammar Profile points in different categories that cover imperatives. Point 39 in the category of CLAUSES is defined: affirmative imperative with the base form of a main verb Point 7 in NEGATION: negative imperatives of main verbs with ‘don’t’ + main verb. However, ‘let me/us’ is listed at B2 in …
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B1, PRESENT, range, simple, speech act, VERBS / advance, anyone, confusion, delay, everyone, highly, if, inconvenience, lack, length, PELIC, product, recommend, so, suggest, try, VV0
Point 21 in the category of PRESENT/simple is defined: a limited range of speech act verbs, including ‘suggest’, ‘apologise’, ‘recommend’. *Some of these will clash with C1: suggest-recommend-insist + present-simple PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: In conclusion, I suggest that international students whose English abilities are not strong enough should study in the ELI for at least one term before attending colleges or universities. Chinese male – level 5 writing class. A search for: I suggest|recommend|apologize * …
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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
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 26 in the category of PRESENT/simple is defined: 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 …
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A2, CLAUSES, conditional, likelihood, PRESENT, simple, true / can, fail, fails, happens, if, lose, PELIC, prefer, VV0, VVZ, win, wins, wish
Point 31 in the category of CLAUSES/conditional is defined as: ‘if’ + present simple with present simple, ‘can’ or imperative in the main clause to refer to things that are true now or very likely to happen. *Note this point overlaps many others, such as: A2 if you want | like | prefer + imperative …
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C1, CLAUSES, conditional, consequence, imperatives, introduce / and, click, contact, look, scroll, try, VV0
In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 105 in clauses is defined as: imperatives to introduce a condition followed by ‘and’ to introduce a consequence of the condition. Unfortunately, we cannot do more than 5 part searches in iWeb. A search for: . _VV0 * and _P 2 . TRY IT AND YOU 322 Forbes Try …
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C2, formal, PASSIVES / VH, VV0
Point 39 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: ‘have’ + object + infinitive without ‘to’ to talk about asking or causing someone to do something, often in formal contexts _VH _P _VV0 1 HAVE YOU BELIEVE 5396 Interesting Engineering From Scientific Research to Memes: A Brief History of the … Amazon …
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ADJECTIVES, NOUNS, VERBS / JJ, NN1, VV0, VVD, VVI, VVN
1 SPLIT (VVN) 88303 2 SPLIT (VVI) 85577 6 SPLIT (NN1) 26531 7 SPLIT (JJ) 17450 12 SPLIT (VVD) 9537 16 SPLIT (VV0) 7780
CONJUNCTIONS, PREPOSITIONS, VERBS / CS, CS21, II, II21, VV0
1 EXCEPT (II21) 293202 2 EXCEPT (CS) 258109 5 EXCEPT (CS21) 101718 6 EXCEPT (II) 26138 14 EXCEPT (VV0%) 638
ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, NOUNS, VERBS / II32, JJ, NN1, RP, VV0, VVI
1 BACK (RP) 6374291 3 BACK (NN1) 1521907 7 BACK (VVI) 95994 13 BACK (VV0) 23213 20 BACK (JJ) 11650 30 BACK (II32) 4078
Many of the second base verbs are more like nouns. For example, “Press the ENTER button.” 1 PRESS (VV0_NN1) ENTER (VV0) 16128 2 CLICK (VV0_NN1) ADD (VV0) 15009 3 GO (VV0) GET (VV0) 14910 4 CLICK (VV0_NN1) SAVE (VV0) 12303 5 COME (VV0) JOIN (VV0) 11010 6 COME (VV0) SEE (VV0) 10450 7 GO (VV0) …
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CONJUNCTIONS, PREPOSITIONS, VERBS / CS, email, feel, if, II, like, looks, share, story, view, VV0, VVI, was, would
Like is usually a preposition, verb or conjunction. A search in the iWeb and NOW corpora for ‘like’: preposition 1 LIKE (II) 12859907 1 I WAS LIKE, ‘ 43416 When Matthew told me that was yours, I was like, “I walk by there all the time.” listen 2 IT LOOKS LIKE THE EMAIL 36854 3 I ‘M LIKE , ‘ 16067 4 I WAS LIKE , ” 12239 …
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ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, CONJUNCTIONS, VERBS / CS21, JJ, RR, RR21, VV0, VVI
1 EVEN (RR) 10184080 2 EVEN (CS21) 2778948 3 EVEN (RR_JJ%) 452464 4 EVEN (RR_VV0%) 87875 5 EVEN (RR21) 63605 20 EVEN (VVI) 664