In this post, we cover the hard-to-distinguish proficiency levels when using the future simple 'will'. Note that some of these overlap with 'shall' but we are not focussed on that…
WILL (future simple)
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BE + adjective
Point 16 in ADJECTIVES/position is defined as: increasing range of adjectives predicatively, after 'be'. A search on iWeb for _VB _JJ 1 BE SURE 833740 2 IS AVAILABLE 810530 3…
THESE | THOSE + plural noun
Points 16 & 17 in DETERMINERS/demonstratives are the use of 'these' and 'those' with plural nouns. iWeb search for these|those _NN2 1 THESE THINGS 291847 2 THOSE THINGS 157643 3…
NOUN + ‘s
Point 14 in DETERMINERS/possessives is defined as: 'S after singular or proper nouns to indicate possession. in iWeb _N 's_GE is producing errors on the search, so here we just…
THESE (pronoun)
Point 56 in the category of PRONOUNS/demonstratives is defined as: 'these' to refer to something with immediate relevance which has already been mentioned. iWeb search: * * * these .…
suggest | recommend | insist + present simple
Point 62 in the category of FUTURE is defined as: present simple after speech act verbs expressing suggestions and obligation. This is not easily located formally in corpora but we…
should
In this post, we cover 6 points dealing with 'should' across A2 and B1 by examining the English Grammar Profile examples for formal similarities that might help us identify complexity…
verb + preposition + object
Point 4 in VERBS/prepositional A1 is defined as: limited range of prepositional verbs followed by noun or pronoun objects. The examples in the EGP: listen_VV0 to_II music_NN1 look_VVI after_II her_PPHO1…
ONE (pronoun)
Point 35 in PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as: substitute for singular countable nouns which have already been mentioned or are obvious from the context. *There are a few other points that…
ANOTHER
At B1 there are many points covering the use of 'another'. Considering that they are all at the same level, one is not sure why there are so many different…