Point 73 under the category of adjectives in C2 on the English Grammar Profile we have two vocabulary items that stand out. “Major” and “very” before a noun. From iWeb corpus: 1 MAJOR CITIES 30699 2 MAJOR ROLE 29774 1 PLAY(ED)(S)(ING) 5 DEVELOPMENT 6 HELPING 7 DETERMINING 8 SHAPING 9 SUCCESS 10 DEVELOPING 3 MAJOR […]
One must wonder what the precise choice of collocating nouns is for this point on the English Grammar Profile: 77 ADJECTIVES superlatives C2 USE: ‘the slightest’, ‘the faintest’ with a specific range of nouns to express the least amount possible, most frequently following a negative verb form The word “slightest” already means the least amount […]
One of the most confusing parts of the English Grammar Profile is when explanations don’t match the examples given. This is a real problem when it is meant to be extremely specific and various very similar forms are rated at varying levels. In this example below, you can see that “of” is required for this […]
C1 examples of using postmodifiers to make the superlative describing a noun stronger.
JJ or supposedly an adjective + NN noun on iWeb gives us a picture that requires interpretation of manual data. On the left is how text inspector divides the vocabulary level.
The position of the adjective when placed directly before a noun is referred to being in the attributive position. At lower levels, students already do this so here it becomes important to look at the range of adjectives used to create these noun phrases. One could just leave this to vocabulary if it were not […]
1 ALL DAY 276848 2 ALL THINGS 219082 3 ALL KINDS 209290 4 ALL TIMES 197318 5 ALL TIME 172723 6 ALL SORTS 171175 7 ALL AGES 156459 8 ALL STUDENTS 134044 9 ALL ASPECTS 130978 10 ALL TYPES 115226 11 ALL YEAR 103815 12 ALL LEVELS 101574 13 ALL NIGHT 77384 14 ALL PEOPLE […]
This A2 grammar point is quantities of PLURAL NOUNS. Its made up of an adverb + determiner + noun.