A2 point 30 in the category of ADVERBS: MID POSITION between the subject and the main verb and after modal verbs, auxiliary verbs and 'be'. General points such as these…
Category: position
MAIN | ONLY + noun
Point 24 in ADJECTIVES/position: a limited range of adjectives ('main', 'only') that limit the noun that they go before. An iWeb search for: main|only _NN 1 ONLY THING 275654 2…
The thing + CLAUSE
B1 Point 40 in the category of NOUNS is defined as: the noun phrase 'The thing' in front position, with a clause complement, to give focus to something. There is…
DIRECT SPEECH (initial or end position)
The following two B1 points are only different in the order. Point 4 in REPORTED SPEECH is defined as: DIRECT SPEECH, REPORTING CLAUSE, INITIAL POSITION: report speech and thought directly,…
make + OBJECT + ADJECTIVE
Point 52 in Adjectives/position is defined as: adjectives as object complement after 'make'. He always tries to help people and make them happy. (PELIC student, level 2, Chinese) His most annoying habit is eating with his mouth open. It makes me sick just to have lunch…
will have + ADVERB + PAST PARTICIPLE
Point 61 in FUTURE is defined as: future perfect simple with adverbs in the normal mid-position For example: Something somewhere will always have changed. https://youtu.be/LYCKzpXEW6E?&autoplay=1&start=893&end=896 An iWeb search for:…
BE + ADVERB + going to + VERB
Point 58 in future with be going to is defined as: increasing range of adverbs (particularly adverbs of certainty) in the normal mid position. A search in iWeb for the…
PAST PARTICIPLE AS ADJECTIVE
Point 72 in ADJECTIVES/position is defined as: 'ed' form of a verb as an adjective, after a noun An iWeb search for: _NN _VVN . 1 EMAIL PROTECTED . 7879…
MULTIPLE FIXED EXPRESSIONS
Point 13 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: more than one fixed expression in the front position for added focus. Since we cannot do longer than 5-part strings…
MAKE + object + adjective
Point 52 at B1 in ADJECTIVES/position is defined as: adjectives as object complement after 'make'. *However, this clashes with B2: where 'it' introduces a reference. *Note, if you capitalise your…