There are three similar points in Modality and adjectives at B2. Point 135 is defined as: ‘it’ + linking verb + adjective + (‘that’) clause as a focusing device. Point 175: HEDGING: ‘it’ + linking verb + adjective + (‘that’) clause to make an assertion less direct. Point 132: ‘be’ + ‘obvious/sure/likely/certain’ followed by a […]
Category: clauses
the reason place that which
The B2 Point 4 in the category of FOCUS is defined as ‘The reason (that)’, ‘The place (which)’ + clause as subject + ‘be’ for focus. *although the verb ‘be’ is probably the most common, for complexity, we should also accept any verb after the clause. Hindustan Times The reason that less number of workers […]
neither nor coordinating
There are two overlapping points in the English Grammar Profile at B2 for ‘neither nor’. Point 104 in CLAUSES & coordinated is defined as: combine two main clauses of the same type using ‘neither’ in front or mid-position, followed by ‘nor’ to introduce the second clause, for emphasis. Point 15 in the Conjunctions & coordinating […]
comparative than non-finite clause
Point 103 in the category of CLAUSES & comparatives is defined as: COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + ‘THAN’ + NON-FINITE CLAUSE ‘than’ + an increasing range of non-finite clauses (to-infinitive, reduced clause) forming the second part of a comparison after a comparative adjective. Here are some examples: The numbers are higher than expected. To be kind is more […]
relative clause preposition
Point 102 in the category of CLAUSES that are relative is defined as: defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses ending in a preposition, with ‘who/which/that’ as the complement of the preposition. Here are the 4 most common prepositions at the end of a sentence. When we do a manual search on the concordances, we […]
the same as clause
Point 101 in CLAUSES & comparatives is defined as ‘THE SAME’ (+ NOUN) + ‘AS’ + CLAUSE Sadly there is no mention of whether this is only finite clauses because in iWeb a great deal of the following verbs are participles suggesting this is usually followed non-finite clauses. the same as * * * Here […]
EVALUATIVE relative clause
Point 100 in the category of CLAUSES is hard to find formally as it is more USE related as the relative clause refers to a whole clause or sentence, often to express an opinion or evaluation or give a reason. To start to locate a formal way into finding possible usage we can start by […]
Do not imperative
Point 99 in the category of CLAUSES & imperatives is defined as: ‘DO NOT’ for EMPHASIS in formal contexts This is a very easy formal structure to locate in iWeb corpus: Our B1 vocabulary is in red: USE BE LET TAKE FORGET TRY 7 . DO NOT ALLOW 3455 further collocate to right DRY 211 […]
non-finite VERBing clause
The following type of grammar makes it very clear just how hard it is for a complexity checker to identify infinite possibilities of noun phrases and clauses. Point 98 in the category of CLAUSES that are subordinated is defined as: a non-finite clause, introduced by ‘-ing’ before the main clause, to give more information. Top […]
rather than non-finite clause phrase
In the English Grammar Profile, in the category of clauses and comparatives, there are two similar points that stress one element in comparison. Point 97 at B2 is defined as: RATHER THAN + NON-FINITE CLAUSE Point 54 at B1 is defined as RATHER THAN + PHRASE or prepositional phrase *Also notice below the ambiguity between […]