whole – English Grammar Profiler
NOUNS, phrases / a, APPGE, best, both, business, end, feel, good, JJ, my, of, on, out, the, their, this, top, VD, whole, world, worlds
In this post, we give examples of 7 different ways the noun ‘world‘ is used in English. In the English Vocabulary Profile at A2: your world = your life and experiences A search in NOW corpus for: _APPGE world 1 OUR WORLD 67437 This may be literally our planet. 2 THEIR WORLD 33865 Note that ‘their’ …
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ADVERBS, FUTURE, MODALITY, NEGATIVE, time / a, for, hours, JJ, little, long, marry, NNT1, not, tell, time, week, while, whole, will, years, yet
In the English Vocabulary Profile at C1, YET from now and for a particular period of time in the future A search in the NOW corpus for: for a _JJ _NNT yet 1 FOR A LONG TIME YET 605 I‘m not gonna die for a long time yet. The Babadook 2 FOR A LITTLE WHILE YET 197 Dinner won’t be ready for a little while yet. Little Deaths 3 …
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A2, ADJECTIVES, PREPOSITIONS, superlative / advice, albums, art, best, busiest, cloudiest, company, customer, fullest, highest, JJT, latest, level, levels, NN, of, piece, software, songs, truest, type, views, way, wet, whole, worst, yourself
In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 7 in the category of ADJECTIVES is defined as: limited range of prepositional phrases with ‘of’ after a superlative adjective, to refer to one thing within a set or part of a set. TLC SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE: What’s the best type of music? male Mexico B1 A search in iWeb …
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addition, advantage, B1, CLAUSES, CONJUNCTIONS, NOUNS, numbers, sentence / amount, CC, cost, district, fact, handling, huge, if, interest, loan, PELIC, plus, range, required, so, whole, wide
The use of the conjunction ‘plus’ is covered by two different B1 grammar points in the English Grammar Profile. Point 14 in CONJUNCTIONS/coordinating is defined as: ‘PLUS’ WITH NOUNS often in relation to numbers. The home offers four bedrooms plus a study which could be a potential fifth bedroom. bendigoadvertiser.com.au Point 12 is: ‘plus’ to connect clauses and sentences, often to point out a positive addition or …
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B1, NEGATIVE, NOUNS, VERBS / difference, else, enough, even, EX, if, information, just, memory, NN, PELIC, point, reason, set, single, so, space, there, VB, way, whole, XX, yet
Point 41 in the category of VERBS is defined as: NEGATIVE: ‘There’ + ‘be’ + ‘n’t’ with countable and uncountable nouns. A search in iWeb for: there_E _VB _XX * * 1 THERE ‘S NOT A LOT 6543 2 THERE IS NOT A LOT 4009 3 THERE IS NOT A SINGLE 3817 4 THERE IS …
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B1, CLAUSES, defining, FOCUS, relative / advice, area, areas, called, companies, company, difference, fact, guy, guys, idea, information, mistake, moment, news, NN, one, only, PELIC, person, point, real, reason, simple, software, story, team, that, the, view, way, who, whole, woman, worst
Here’s an example of using a defining relative clause for focus: The person who sent me was you. Listen to the pronunciation. B1 Point 73 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: defining relative clauses: ‘the person who/that, the thing that, the (only) one who/that’ as a focusing device. *Some people looking for information about a relative pronoun …
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B1, CLAUSES, defining, FOCUS, relative / could, exactly, might, PELIC, probably, real, reason, should, simple, so, the, top, true, whole, why
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 63 in CLAUSES is defined as: THE REASON WHY: defining relative clauses with ‘why’ after ‘reason’, to give an explanation and for focus. *Note that “the reason that…” is B2. A search in iWeb for: the * reason why 1 THE MAIN REASON WHY 8371 2 THE ONLY REASON WHY …
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A2, ADJECTIVES, B1, combine, complex, modify, NOUNS / air, area, bright, cash, chicken, cool, deep, double, dry, envelope, fair, free, fresh, friendly, grandfather, health, healthier, healthy, heavy, high, information, JJ, low, middle, modern, NN, PELIC, price, real, rich, serve, served, soft, staff, sunny, thin, way, ways, wet, whole
This is another grammar point that is probably easier to deal with in the English Vocabulary Profile. There are too many vague differences to distinguish between the different entries in the English Grammar Profile. They could be explained in more detail. B1 Point 55 in the category of ADJECTIVES is defined as: a comma to …
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A2, ADJECTIVES, article, DETERMINERS, NOUNS, phrases, specify / following, future, highest, JJ, latest, line, news, NN, only, PELIC, real, reason, side, term, the, thing, war, way, whole
In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 36 in DETERMINERs/articles is defined as: ‘the’ + adjectives in a noun phrase, to specify For example: How much was the cost of living in the big city? An iWeb search for: the _JJ _NN 1 THE OTHER HAND 459204 2 THE BEST WAY 361919 3 THE ONLY WAY 263862 That is the only way to avoid the noise disturbing me. PELIC STUDENT: Chinese Female level …
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