Point 87 in the category of CLAUSES and related to imperatives is ‘let’s not’ + base form of a main verb to make a suggestion. 1 LET ‘S NOT FORGET 13135 1 LET (VM21) ‘S (VM22) NOT (XX) FORGET (VVI) THAT (CST) THIS (DD1) IS (VBZ) 65 2 LET (VM21) ‘S (VM22) NOT (XX) FORGET […]
In the English Grammar Profile, point 86 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: phrases or exclamations where the negative interrogative form of an auxiliary verb is used to express surprise or enthusiasm. This is a real challenge to search for. Surprise and enthusiasm is not something you can formally search for, but the […]
1 THAT 104319150 2 IF 44943385 3 AS 40335107 4 WHEN 23770025 5 THAN 17558900 6 BECAUSE 11714883 7 WHILE 10802203 8 SO 9458497 9 WHERE 6843020 10 SINCE 5476245 11 AFTER 4593163 12 THOUGH 4176607 13 UNTIL 4071103 14 WHETHER 3951156 15 BEFORE 3363516 16 ALTHOUGH 3070810 17 EVEN 2778946 18 ONCE 2007651 19 […]
Subordinating conjunctions for upper-intermediate students.
In the English Grammar Profile, Point 57 in the category of ADVERBs is defined by degree adverbs to modify noun phrases. ‘Quite, rather and almost’ are found in the given example sentences, so we have examined them in the iWeb corpus: 1 QUITE A BIT 60525 2 QUITE A WHILE 37930 3 QUITE A LOT […]