introduce – English Grammar Profiler

suppose | supposing CONDITIONAL

C1, CLAUSES, conditional, imagine, imperatives, introduce

‘Suppose‘ can mean let’s imagine or consider the following situation or example. For example: Suppose they rejected an 18th-century classification system and incorporated instead the most advanced knowledge of human genetic diversity and unity, that human beings cannot be categorized into biological races. TED It’s almost as if this imperative subordinates the whole sentence. And we are waiting for the following result clause or sentence. ‘that‘ can be used or not used. Suppose that the variants reach a hypothetical isolated city of 1 million people who are completely susceptible to both viruses on the same day. TED Supposing, for example, […]

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Let’s + VERB

A2, base, CLAUSES, FOCUS, imperatives, informal, introduce, spoken, suggestion, VERBS

“Let’s + verb” in English is used to suggest a joint action, introduce a topic, propose hypothetical situations, acknowledge a fact, remind or emphasize a point, and transition to a new topic.

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On the + contrary | other hand | one hand

B1, B2, contrast, DISCOURSE MARKERS, introduce, organising, phrases

B1 Point 4 in the category of discourse markers is defined: in writing ORGANISING – range of phrases to introduce contrasting statements. The English Grammar Profile uses two examples, both of which clash against the English Vocabulary Profile: *’on the (other|one) hand’. ‘On the contrary’ We have accidentally double posted this topic. The other page

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not + verbING (subordinate clause)

C1, CLAUSES, information, introduce, NEGATIVE, non-finite, subordinate

Here are examples of negative non-finite clauses giving more information: I remember thinking very highly of Private Bell not wanting to see his record tarnished by a formal charge. listen Look into my eyes so you know what it‘s like to live a life not knowing what a normal life‘s like. listen C1 English Grammar Profile point 116 CLAUSES/subordinated is defined as: non-finite clause, introduced by ‘not’ + ‘-ing’, to give more information *This is hard to find any examples of online because there are many informally ellipted

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imperative + AND + clause

C1, CLAUSES, conditional, consequence, imperatives, introduce

In this structure, an imperative verb is used at the beginning of the sentence to express a command or instruction. This sets up a condition or action that the listener or reader is encouraged to perform. The ‘and’ conjunction is then used to connect the condition with the consequence, which describes the result or outcome

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make it (introduce reference)

B2, causative, introduce, object, PRONOUNS, VERBS

Point 95 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: ‘ ‘it’ as an object with ‘make’ to introduce something the speaker or writer is going to refer to. The 2 examples in the EGP follow the structure make|makes it _jj for *although the following adjective might get incorrectly tagged as an adverb. 1

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