In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 120 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:
‘can’ with a limited range of adverbs (including ‘also’, ‘always’, ‘even’, ‘just’, ‘only’, ‘really’, ‘still’) in the normal mid position after the modal verb.
PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:
Some old people can only sit on the wheelchair.
Chinese female level 3 writing class.
A search on iWeb for:
can_VM also|always|even|just|only|really|still _VVI
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2 CAN ALSO HELP 51313
3 CAN ALSO GET 30869
4 CAN ALSO MAKE 27337
5 CAN ALSO FIND 27258
6 CAN ALSO ADD 25978
Mamamia7 CAN ALSO SEE 23937
8 CAN ALSO CAUSE 23290
9 CAN ALSO TAKE 20724
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11 CAN ONLY IMAGINE 18915
12 CAN STILL GET 18015
13 CAN ALSO CREATE 16358
14 CAN ONLY HOPE 15411
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16 CAN ALSO PROVIDE 14616
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18 CAN ALSO CHECK 13923
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21 CAN ALSO SET 12206
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23 CAN REALLY HELP 11867
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26 CAN ONLY ASSUME 9827
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50 CAN JUST USE 7112
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52 CAN EVEN MAKE 6888
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56 CAN ALSO PURCHASE 6554
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68 CAN JUST GO 5402
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82 CAN ALSO SPECIFY 4533
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92 CAN EVEN SEE 4255
93 CAN EVEN HELP 4201
94 CAN ALSO BRING 4162
95 CAN ALSO RUN 4123
96 CAN STILL TAKE 4113
97 CAN EVEN TAKE 4086
98 CAN ALSO BENEFIT 3908
99 CAN STILL REMEMBER 3883
100 CAN ONLY DREAM 3875
A2 vocabulary:
add, become, bring, call, check, click, contact, download, dream, follow, guess, hope, include, keep, mean, offer, save, serve, set, try, view
Examples linked with more context:
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