Here we rank by frequency the most common 2 part complex phrases. A search in iWeb for: _*21 _*22 1 OUT OF 6044503 II21 II22 = 2 part complex prepositional phrase Get out of here! listen 2 SUCH AS (II21 II22) 5449751 A search for collocates of ‘such as‘ in the COCA corpus: 1 ISSUES 3370 […]
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‘Along’ is a preposition or an adverb. In the iWeb corpus the tagging by part of speech: 1 ALONG WITH (II21) 1742449 (two-part complex prepositional phrase) Within the next forty-eight hours, you, along with the rest of the Wizarding World, will choose our next great leader. listen 2 ALONG (II) 812587 4 ALONG (RP) 476307 6 ALONG (RR) 11996
1 AWAY (RL) 3176947 3 AWAY (II21) 411361 5 AWAY (RR22) 51010 7 AWAY (JJ) 17013 9 AWAY (RP) 3475 10 AWAY (RR44) 1674
1 EXCEPT (II21) 293202 EXCEPT FOR 2 EXCEPT (CS) 258109 B2 in the EGP 5 EXCEPT (CS21) 101718 EXCEPT THAT 6 EXCEPT (II) 26138 14 EXCEPT (VV0%) 638 RARE and FORMAL
1 RATHER THAN (II21 II22) 956100 = most commonly found as a complex prepositional phrase. This grammar point is already covered here. 2 RATHER (RG) 529786 = ‘Rather’ as a degree adverb usually modifies an adjective. 1 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) A (AT1) 22044 2 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LARGE (JJ) 7161 3 BUT (CCB) RATHER
1 (RP) ‘off’ is an adverb particle most often and often appears followed by punctuation, a preposition or conjunction. 4 OFF (II) 1161417 PHRASES: 5 OFF of (II21) 6 ‘OFF’ is found as an adjective before a noun. ‘off season’. (JJ%) 8 OFF (JJ22) 31880 11 OFF (RR21) 15526 1 IT (PPH1) OFF (RP)
1 OUT (RP) Out is most common as a particle: A search in Now corpus for: * * out_RP * * 1 CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 100063 Gentlemen, we can find out more about a man by his dreams. listen 2 BY FILLING OUT THIS FORM 50797 3 TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 32803 4 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 29116 5 TO GO
1 OUT (II21) OF (II22) 6044503 2 SUCH (II21) AS (II22) 5449751 3 ACCORDING (II21) TO (II22) 2869261 4 DUE (II21) TO (II22) 2384806 5 BECAUSE (II21) OF (II22) 2052897 6 UP (II21) TO (II22) 1826998 7 ALONG (II21) WITH (II22) 1692520 8 INSTEAD (II21) OF (II22) 1335372 9 PRIOR (II21) TO (II22) 1110670 10
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Here are over a dozen ways that the word ‘up’ is used in English. Firstly, ‘up’ is most commonly used as a part of phrasal verbs. 1 UP (RP) adverb particle: 1 SET UP 1105960 Well, I suppose I‘d set up a meeting with the State Committee for Scientific Research in Moscow. listen 2 IT UP 713509 1 PICK IT UP 40589 We just need him to pick it up, and then I can lift the print using this 3D laser scanner. listen
Firstly, complex prepositions are phrases, which means there are two or more words to them. B2 example: In addition to imitation, there are a number of other procedures designed to give the therapist some degree of control over the child‘s language production. The Louvain EAP dictionary: ‘in addition to’ is used to add new information and introduces the point to which you want to add something new. C1 example: In those few weeks, our lives had reverted back to what they‘d been prior to the murder of Sean
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In the English Grammar Profile (EGP), there are three similar points in the category of Future expressions with ‘BE’ at B2 in the English Grammar Profile. 47 ‘be due to’ and, more formally, ‘be to’ talk about things that are scheduled or expected. 53 OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH ‘BE TO’ 56 present form of ‘be’
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Let’s look at how ‘rather than‘ is used to compare. In the English Vocabulary Profile, at B1 the meaning is: ‘instead of ‘ rather than examples: I‘d like coffee rather than tea. I usually wear a swimsuit rather than shorts. In the above examples: coffee, tea, a swimsuit, shorts are nouns or noun phrases, so ‘rather than‘ or ‘instead of‘ are complex prepositions. Here’s
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