vocabulary

ANY + comparative

‘Any’ can be used as an adverb to mean ‘at all’ or ‘in some degree’. Here are expert examples: We‘re not gonna discuss it here any further. Keep The Change You‘re not at university any longer. listen How would that end any differently than last time? Captain America In the English Vocabulary Profile, ‘any’ is listed as ADVERB B1 used in questions and negatives to emphasize a comparative adjective or adverb Do you feel any better? […]

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New Academic Word List vocabulary not in the English Vocabulary Profile

Until June 2021, the English Grammar Profiler tool that automatically tags grammar and vocabulary used both the EVP and the AWL for the same words which was making level prediction less accurate.  Today we have removed the AWL tagging to allow for the full EVP to highlight its levels across vocabulary more accurately.  Instead of

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10 ways ‘FAR’ is used in English grammar.

Here are 10 ways ‘far’ is used ranked by order of frequency: 1. A2 general adverb *Numbers on the right are the frequency in iWeb corpus: (RR) 1578722 ‘far‘ means ‘at, to or from a great distance in space or time‘  For example: Is it far away? I don’t live far from here. Thailand is not far from Vietnam. 2. B1 phrase ‘so far‘ means ‘until now‘ So far

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light

Sure ‘light’ is usually a noun or adjective. 1 LIGHT (NN1_JJ) 5 LIGHT (VVI) 110189 6 LIGHT (II32) 88293 7 LIGHT (NN1_JJ_VV0@) 39823 8 LIGHT (II43) 28953

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ABLE (adjective suffix)

AVAILABLE, COMFORTABLE, VALUABLE, CAPABLE, REASONABLE, AFFORDABLE, SUITABLE, RELIABLE, APPLICABLE, SUSTAINABLE, STABLE, DURABLE, ACCEPTABLE, VULNERABLE, REMARKABLE, CONSIDERABLE, PORTABLE, ADJUSTABLE, ENJOYABLE, MEMORABLE, UNCOMFORTABLE, NOTABLE, COMPARABLE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, VIABLE, LIABLE, PROFITABLE, DESIRABLE, INEVITABLE, RENEWABLE, NOTICEABLE, PAYABLE, CHARITABLE, ADORABLE, ACCOUNTABLE, INVALUABLE, ABLE, REMOVABLE, FAVORABLE, PREDICTABLE, USABLE, UNBELIEVABLE, PRINTABLE, TAXABLE, MISERABLE, IDENTIFIABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE, QUESTIONABLE, UNAVAILABLE, PROBABLE, UNACCEPTABLE, UNPREDICTABLE, UNFORGETTABLE, REPUTABLE, UNSTABLE, CUSTOMIZABLE, DISPOSABLE, FASHIONABLE, MANAGEABLE, UNREASONABLE, ADVISABLE, RECOGNIZABLE, SCALABLE, WEARABLE, MEASURABLE, RESPECTABLE, PREFERABLE, BREATHABLE, FORMIDABLE, DOWNLOADABLE, INCAPABLE, READABLE, EQUITABLE, ACTIONABLE, INTERCHANGEABLE, DEPENDABLE, REUSABLE, HONORABLE, PLAYABLE, UNRELIABLE, ADAPTABLE, EXECUTABLE, INDISPENSABLE, NON-REFUNDABLE, RECHARGEABLE

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wide range of ‘time’ adverbs

Here are examples of using time adverbs: I was instantly attracted to her. listen   You have been replaced permanently. listen   My organization just recently traced a large purchase by this man. listen In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 54 in the category of adverbs is defined as those that modify to refer to the timing of an event. (This is one of those points that is well found in the

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