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A2 Point 26 in the category of VERBS is defined as: an increasing range of linking verbs with complements. The following point overlaps: A2 Point 27 verbs with adjective complements.…

Point 9 in ADJECTIVES / comparatives/ COMPLEMENT OF ‘BE’ overlaps point 26 in ADJECTIVES which is defined as: a range of comparative adjective phrases using ‘more’ + longer adjectives (usually…

Although ‘a little’ exists in the EGP, there is no entry for it to modify an adjective. We checked the EVP and found that it exists modifying an adjective at…

Point 9 in PREPOSITIONS is defined as: adverbs of degree to modify prepositions and prepositional phrases. (have to check each match that it’s actually modifying the preposition and not something…

Point 11 in PRONOUNS / quantity is defined as: ‘some’ as a subject and object to refer back to a plural or uncountable noun. In Iweb we can locate: some…

Point 13 in DETERMINERS is defined as: range of quantifying determiners (‘some’, ‘any’, ‘no’, ‘more’, ‘a lot of’) with both plural nouns and uncountable nouns. We search in iWeb for:…

I have decided to start building my own corpus slowly, based around the term ‘Grammar’. The choice of texts will come from Google News which are aggregated automatically. The basic…

Point 59 in the category of ADVERBS/phrases is defined as: an increasing range of degree adverbs to modify a range of adverb types. *this is unclear in the EGP because…

Point 7 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: non-finite subordinate clause with an ‘-ed’ form, before a main clause, for focus, often in formal, academic or business contexts.…

Point 8 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: fixed expressions in the front position for focus. Within the EGP examples, + we have added the COCA frequency. .…