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 else) A check on google for Adverbs of degree: Common adverbs of degree: Almost, nearly, quite, just, too, enough, hardly, scarcely, completely, very, extremely. extremely, especially, […]
Category: degree
almost | quite | incredibly | reasonably + ADVERB
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 we are not sure whether only their examples that are doing the modifying are to be C1. We can look at their examples in iWeb: […]
slightly | a bit | much (comparative)
This post will attempt to untangle another set of grammar features that are clashing across levels. The centre of the confusion starts with: C1 Point 63 in the category of ADVERB phrases which is defined as: degree adverbs (‘slightly‘, ‘a bit‘, ‘much‘) to modify comparatives. But it clashes completely with B2 Point 57 in the category […]
real, absolute, complete + noun
Which adjectives should I teach my intermediate class?
degree adverbs modifying adjectives
Point 210 in MODALITY on the English Grammar Profile is based on MODIFYING an ADJECTIVE for HEDGING with a degree adverb. We are offered only two examples: Collocates 4 sides to the left and right on iWeb corpus for “quite probable“: 1 IT (PPH1 ) 528 2 SEEMS (VVZ ) 31 3 POSSIBLE (JJ […]
“major/very” adjective + noun
Point 73 under the category of adjectives in C2 on the English Grammar Profile we have two vocabulary items that stand out. “Major” and “very” before a noun. From iWeb corpus: 1 MAJOR CITIES 30699 2 MAJOR ROLE 29774 1 PLAY(ED)(S)(ING) 5 DEVELOPMENT 6 HELPING 7 DETERMINING 8 SHAPING 9 SUCCESS 10 DEVELOPING 3 MAJOR […]
“in almost all cases” news feed
The latest news using this grammar point.
adveRb deGree *.[RG] \w+_RG
The most frequent RG found in iWeb: CLAWS 7 EXTENDS RG AS:
almost all & very few
Adverbs phrases can be put together with degree adverbs such as “almost” and “very” to modify determiners, such as “all” and “few”. *.[RR] *.[DB] After removing a few unrelated results to the intention of finding degrees, the search on iWeb for any general adverb tagged as RR next to any DB results in the following […]