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mutiplying predeterminer + noun phrase

DETERMINERS / as, double, MC, more, much, national, nearly, quadruple, than, the, times, tripple

‘double, treble, quadruple’ can be multiplying predeterminers. They come before other determiners in a noun phrase. For example, ‘double the national average.’ Bloomberg.com New York City‘s unemployment rate was nearly double the national average in June. Other multiplying expressions: He earns three times more than me. She gets paid nearly three times as much as me. *In the English Vocabulary Profile, B1 if followed by a comparative structure. We can’t be …

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may | might + as well

alternative, C2, MODALITY, suggestion / accept, as, choose, consider, continue, embrace, grab, hang, invest, just, may, mention, open, quit, remove, replace, skip, stick, TLC, VM, VVI, well

If you want to make an unenthusiastic suggestion or say you are not enjoying, interested in, or approving of something, then you can use this grammar structure with ‘may as well‘ or ‘might as well‘. Here are some examples. The first is a student speaking test example: You might as well just open the door to an unknown person. TLC female Mexico B2 Expert …

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‘AS’ + pronoun + ‘USED’ + to-infinitive

background, C2, highlight, MODALITY, narrative, PRONOUNS / as, call, feel, like, own, P, suffer, TLC, to, used, VVI

Student example in a speaking test: I don’t think that they pay enough attention towards the national customs as they used to do those days. TLC female Sri Lanka B2 Point 236 in the category of MODALITY is defined: ‘as’ + pronoun + ‘used to’ to add background to a narrative, often to highlight something unusual A search in iWeb for: as_C _P used_V _TO _VV 1 AS …

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Try as ‘someone’ might

C2, emphasis, MODALITY / as, might, P, try, VM

The construction ‘try as * might,’ means that someone is trying very hard, but they still cannot do it. In the English Grammar Profile, point 219 in the category of MODALITY is defined: ‘try as I might’ for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence. An iWeb search for . Try as * _VM 1 …

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as soon as (future)

B1, B2 / act, appear, apply, as, call, check, crash, disappear, follow, happen, move, notice, P, pop, register, reply, return, ship, soon, try, update, vote, VVI

This is another clashing point. Although ‘as soon as’ is listed at B1 future, it is also listed in B2 conjunctions. FOR EXAMPLE: It will end as soon as Hedge finds his target. A search in iWeb for: _VVI as soon as _P 1 KNOW AS SOON AS WE 441 2 KNOW AS SOON AS YOU 362 3 KNOW AS SOON …

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You see (MARKING NEW KNOWLEDGE)

B1, B2, DISCOURSE MARKERS, informal, organising, writing / as, is, PELIC, see, the, thing, TLC, you

Point 5 in the category of discourse markers: in writing, ORGANISING, MARKING NEW KNOWLEDGE, INFORMAL ‘you see’, ‘the thing is’ *Note that ‘the thing is’ is listed at B2 in the category of FOCUS. A search in the TLC shows that at B1 ‘the thing is’ is used, but ‘the thing is that’ starts at …

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as * as + mine | yours

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, B1, CLAUSES, comparatives, possessive, PRONOUNS, singular / activity, almost, as, high, JJ, just, large, least, mine, nearly, pretty, probably, quickly, quite, rise, RR, sound, turn out, twice, valuable, XX, yours

Point 63 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: possessive pronouns ‘mine’ and ‘yours’, with singular reference, in comparative clauses after ‘(not) as … as’. A search in iWeb for: * as * as mine|yours 1 IS AS GOOD AS MINE 1166 2 , AS WELL AS YOURS 92 3 IS AS GOOD AS …

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as you might (SHARED KNOWLEDGE)

B1, FOCUS, MODALITY, phrases, shared knowledge / already, as, assume, aware, expect, expected, gathered, guess, guessed, have, hope, hoped, imagine, imagined, might, notice, noticed, recall, RR, suspect, VVN, you

Point 90 in MODALITY is defined as: ‘might’ in phrases, such as ‘as you might know’, ‘have already heard’, to focus the reader on shared knowledge. 1 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT , 6532 2 AS YOU MIGHT THINK . 3862 3 AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE , 3657 4 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED 2253 As …

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As for myself

C2, DISCOURSE MARKERS, FOCUS, opinion, PRONOUNS, reflexive / as, for, myself, series

Point 119 in PRONOUNS/reflexive is defined as: ‘as for myself’ as a discourse marker to introduce or focus on a personal opinion. FOR EXAMPLE: As for myself, I have some ideas about where we went wrong this time, and one day I may call on you once more. listen TechRaptor As for myself, I am an artist in the loosest possible definition of the word; that is to say, I make art. 16 Dec 2020 A search in iWeb corpus for: . As …

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as + ADJECTIVE | ADVERB + as + CLAUSE

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, B1, CLAUSES, comparatives, equal, unequal / as, could, DA1, high, JJ, low, PELIC, quickly, RR, simple, sounds

Point 69 in the category of CLAUSES/comparatives is defined as: ‘(not) as’ + adjective/adverb + ‘as’ to introduce a clause (often with a substitute auxiliary verb) to talk about two things being equal or unequal in some way. *note that the EGP examples also include ‘as much as’ where claws7 tags ‘much’ as a DA1. …

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the same as

B1, CLAUSES, comparatives / alcohol, as, dinosaurs, god, gold, information, level, N, nature, notice, oil, plastic, price, same, size, terms, the, traffic, way

Point 52 in the category of CLAUSES/comparatives is defined as: THE SAME’ (+ NOUN) + ‘AS’ + PRONOUN OR NOUN/ A search in iWeb for: the same _N as _N *Note that if there is a following clause, these examples would be B2 grammar. 1 THE SAME RIGHTS AS MEN 154 2 THE SAME WAY …

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as if + NON-FINITE CLAUSE

C2, CLAUSES, comparatives, non-finite, subordinate / anticipating, as, compensate, if, reassure, reinforce, suggest, to, trying, VVG, VVI

‘As if’ means ‘as would be the case if’. Here’s an example of the subordinators as if + Verb-ing clause. She studied the bracelet as if trying to estimate its fair market value. Listen ‘trying to estimate…’ is a manner clause, it describes how she studied. We could ask the question, How did she study it? C2 point 133 CLAUSES/comparatives is defined as: ‘as if’ + …

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SO + adjective + AS + TO-infinitive

ADJECTIVES, C2, CLAUSES, comparatives, formal, GSE, infinitive, polite, request, suggestion / as, bold, JJ, naive, outweigh, render, request, say, so, to, VVI

May I BE SO BOLD AS TO ASK why you want to understand this grammar?
Would you BE SO KIND AS TO GIVE me a lift down to the book store?

This very formal grammar is used in polite requests.

(complex conjunctions) so long as | on condition that | in the event that

C2, CLAUSES, complex, conditional, CONJUNCTIONS, subordinate / as, condition, event, in, long, on, so, that, the

Here are examples of ‘so long as’ and ‘on condition that’ meaning ‘only if’: So long as they keep to themselves, it makes no difference to me. Listen The house and grounds are left to the city of Gotham on condition that they never be demolished, altered or otherwise interfered with. Listen Here’s an example of ‘in the event that’ meaning ‘should something happen’: I’m here to protect you in the event that someone tries to access your mind through your dreams. Listen The English Grammar Profile C2 Point 122 in CLAUSES/conditional is defined as: …

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LINKING ADVERBS / SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

A2, ADVERBS, B1, CLAUSES, CONJUNCTIONS, DISCOURSE MARKERS, informal, linking, modify, sentence, summarise / after, also, although, as, before, however, PELIC, since, so, though, until, whether

Point 19 in A2 ADVERBS as modifiers is defined as: LINKING limited range of adverbs (‘also’, ‘so’, ‘however’) to show a relationship between two clauses or sentences. The EGP examples: I_PPIS1 also_RR bought_VVD ,_, so_CS I_PPIS1 decided_VVD However_RR ,_, the_AT clothes_NN2 were_VBDR cheap_JJ ._. Point in 2 A2 DISCOURSE MARKERS is: ‘so‘ to summarise, usually …

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comparative + hers | ours

ADJECTIVES, B2, comparatives, possessive, PRONOUNS / as, complex, diverse, hers, JJ, JJR, ours, powerful, precious, sensitive, than, wealthy

Point 76 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: Possessive pronouns ‘hers’ and ‘ours’ in comparative clauses. An iWeb search for _jj as|than hers|ours: 1 DIFFERENT THAN OURS 491 EXPERT EXAMPLE: His approach was totally different than ours. *’ from ours’ is traditionally correct, but this is the highest frequency example! 2 IMPORTANT AS OURS 470 3 GOOD AS …

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10 ways ‘FAR’ is used in English grammar.

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, CLAUSES, phrases, vocabulary / and, as, away, better, by, concerned, far, far-off, from, I, insofar, JJ, know, more, off, often, rather, RG, RL, RR, so, sooner, too

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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fronted prepositional phrase

A2, FOCUS, fronting, phrases, PREPOSITIONS / as, by, case, cases, end, fact, first, for, in, information, more, of, on, other, point, reason, that, the, time, to, way, with, _AT, _I

“At the time, I had a girlfriend, so I didn’t talk to her.” This is an example of putting a prepositional phrase at the start of a sentence which is what pre-intermediate students can do.

textual reference

C1, DISCOURSE MARKERS / above, as, below, described, mentioned, shown, stated

As mentioned above,

As you may have + PAST PARTICIPLE

B2, FOCUS, MODALITY, PAST, perfect, possibility / as, have, may, VVN

Point 163 MODALITY is defined as: ‘may’ in phrases such as ‘as you may know’, or ‘as you may have’ + ‘-ed’ to focus the reader on shared knowledge. This partly overlaps point 168 MODALITY and PAST AFFIRMATIVE of ‘may have’ + ‘-ed’ to talk about possibility in the past. A search on iWeb …

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