Point 12 in the category of REPORTED SPEECH for CITATION is defined as: PRESENT SIMPLE of the reporting verb to report information from a written source and a present tense verb in the reported clause. We can start our search with: _nn1 says|tells and then choose nouns related to citation: 1 REPORT SAYS 19880 […]
Point 31 in the category of PRESENT is defined as: Present simple, STORIES AND COMMENTARIES, to summarise events or plot in a story or piece of history, often to give immediate dramatic interest. This usage is not really something that can be easily located in Corpora. However, both example sentences in the EGP contain ‘takes […]
Point 29 in the category of PRESENT is defined as: present simple with a wide range of speech act verbs, including ‘(dis)agree’, ‘accept’, ‘advise.’ A search on iWeb corpus for agree|disagree|accept|advise * * * * *does not really locate speech act theory since there are other uses of these verbs. In particular the most common […]
The landscape can get muddy when it has been raining.
Point 64 in the category of PAST is present perfect continuous NEGATIVE have|has _xx been _vvg 1 HAVE N’T BEEN PAYING 787 HAVEN’T BEEN FOLLOWING Newcastle Herald For those who haven’t been following the latest food trends, cauliflower rice isn’t actual rice. 3 HAVE N’T BEEN USING 670 4 HAVE N’T BEEN PLAYING 584 […]
Point 61 in the category of PAST is defined as: negative form of the present perfect simple with ‘still’ to emphasise that something that was expected to happen continues not to happen. still have|has _xx _vvn 1 STILL HAVE N’T FOUND 1847 2 STILL HAVE N’T GOTTEN 1201 3 STILL HAVE N’T SEEN 1116 4 […]
Point 53 in the category of PAST is defined as: present perfect continuous with adverbs in the normal mid position. have|has _r been _vvg 1 HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING 948 2 HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING 754 3 HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING 630 4 HAVE ALSO BEEN USING 512 5 HAVE ALSO BEEN LOOKING 351 6 […]
Point 51 in the category of PAST and present perfect simple is defined as: question form with an increasing range of verbs. Looking for variable length questions on iWeb is always a hard task. Here is only one set pattern that finds some. * have|has * _vvn ? 1 HAS (VHZ) LANGUAGE (NN1) CHANGED (VVN) […]
1 HAS BEEN USED 89516 2 HAVE BEEN MADE 84822 3 HAS BEEN MADE 77399 4 HAVE BEEN USED 64855 5 HAS BEEN SHOWN 59557 HAS BEEN DESIGNED The RiotACT Known as ‘The Parks’, the project has been designed by Stewart Architecture and split into two development applications of 68 apartments. 7 HAS BEEN […]
Point 21 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as PRESENT CONTINUOUS AFFIRMATIVE with an increasing range of verbs A search in iWeb corpus: 1 IS BEING USED 45742 2 ARE BEING USED 25289 3 IS BEING HELD 21147 4 IS BEING MADE 14558 5 ARE BEING MADE 14380 IS BEING DEVELOPED The Aviationist […]