Here is another difficult point to understand in the EGP because it is so general and there are so many other points that are more specific. A2 Point 11 in…
Category: negatives
might not
Point 73 in the category of MODALITY is defined: 'might' negative form TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE: I might not earn as much as others do. female India B1 An iWeb search for: might _XX _VVI 1…
will not be VERBing
Point 32 in the category of FUTURE is defined: future continuous NEGATIVE WITH 'WILL' (won't) An iWeb search for: wo|will _X be _VVG 1 WO N'T BE GETTING 2959 2…
not be going to
Point 26 in the category of FUTURE is defined: the negative form of 'be going to' to talk about plans and intentions An iWeb search for: _XX _VVGK _T _VVI…
may not
Point 94 in the category of MODALITY is defined: 'may' negative PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: However, you may not deny that you can not buy happiness even if you have too much money. Korean male, level 4 writing class. An iWeb search for: may_VM…
WOULD (negative past)
Point 105 in the category of MODALITY is defined: negative forms of 'would' to talk about willingness in the past. This is incredibly hard to automatically differentiate in corpora from…
present perfect simple negative + YET
Point 13 in the category of PAST is defined: present perfect simple negative with 'yet' to talk about events which are expected to be completed at some point in the…
adverb (negative context)
This is another clashing grammar point and therefore not really useful to expand. It would be better if it listed which tenses/aspects it is associated with. B1 Point 11 in…
negative question
Point 12 in the category of NEGATION: negative question forms in main clauses and question tags. This is such a general point that overlaps and clashes against so many other…
ANYTHING (negative context)
Point 13 in the category of NEGATION: an increasing range of indefinite pronouns in negative contexts iWeb searches for: _XX * * * anything 1 N'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING…