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…
Category: position
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: *Note, if you capitalise your search term such as MAKE…
adjective + noun (range)
Point 34 in ADJECTIVES/position is defined as: increasing range of adjectives attributively, before a noun. an iWeb search for: _JJ _NN 1 HIGH SCHOOL 1133322 2 SOCIAL MEDIA 944901 3…
listing adjectives
There are two similar points at C2 for listing adjectives. Point 76 at C2 in ADJECTIVES/combining is defined as: list of adjectives in ellipted clauses before and after a noun,…
adverb in mid position or after ‘BE’
Point 24 in MODALITY is defined as: adverbs in mid position or after main verb 'be', to modify an assertion, either through hedging or emphasis An iWeb search using the…
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…