Point 106 in the category of PRONOUNS/quantity is defined as: 'few', 'many', 'most', 'others' to refer to people in formal written contexts, often reports or surveys. A search in iWeb…
Category: formal
that | those + of
Point 103 in the category of PRONOUNS/demonstratives is defined as: 'THAT OF', 'THOSE OF' as a possessive form, in formal and professional contexts. A search in iWeb for: that|those of…
past perfect simple (inversion)
Point 85 in the category of PAST is defined as: invert the subject and affirmative auxiliary verb to talk about imagined situations in the past, often with regret, in formal…
it + * PAST PARTICIPLE + that
Point 36 in PASSIVES is defined as: 'it' as a dummy subject, to summarise or evaluate in discussions, usually in formal or academic writing. This might clash with B2. A…
few (not many)
Point 27 in NEGATION is defined as: (very) 'few' meaning 'not many' to refer to people in formal written contexts, often reports or surveys. few _VV 1 FEW ARE 18250…
It can be + said | argued | concluded | considered + that
Point 208 in MODALITY is defined as: 'can' in passive reporting clauses in a more formal impersonal style (e.g. for reports and academic contexts), such as 'It can be said…
if you should
Point 114 in CLAUSES/conditional is defined as: subordinate conditional clauses with 'if you should', in polite, formal contexts and point 193 in MODALITY is defined as: 'should' after 'if' to…
WERE IT NOT FOR
Point 132 in CLAUSES/conditional is defined as: 'Were it not for' + noun phrase to introduce conditions in formal contexts. *The big corpora do not allow for much detail to…
whether or not
Point 130 in CLAUSES/conditional is defined as: 'WHETHER OR NOT', to introduce conditions in formal contexts. in iWeb: 1 WHETHER OR NOT IT IS 6690 2 WHETHER OR NOT THEY…
WERE pronoun TO infinitive
Point 126 CLAUSES/subordinated is defined as: 'Were' + pronoun + 'to' infinitive to introduce a condition, in formal contexts. Point 127 CLAUSES/conditional is defined as 'were' with an inverted subject…