but – English Grammar Profiler

suppose | supposing CONDITIONAL

C1, CLAUSES, conditional, imagine, imperatives, introduce

‘Suppose‘ can mean let’s imagine or consider the following situation or example. For example: Suppose they rejected an 18th-century classification system and incorporated instead the most advanced knowledge of human genetic diversity and unity, that human beings cannot be categorized into biological races. TED It’s almost as if this imperative subordinates the whole sentence. And we are waiting for the following result clause or sentence. ‘that‘ can be used or not used. Suppose that the variants reach a hypothetical isolated city of 1 million people who are completely susceptible to both viruses on the same day. TED Supposing, for example, […]

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( LITTLE | NEXT | BUT ) TO NO + noun

amount, B1, DETERMINERS, NEGATIVE, NOUNS, phrases, PREPOSITIONS, quantity

I have little to no interest in politics. (I have very little or no interest in politics.)
There is next to no evidence for his claim. (There is almost no evidence for his claim.)
She left but to no avail. (She left but it was useless.)

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still (despite that)

ADVERBS, B1, CONJUNCTIONS, contrast, DISCOURSE MARKERS

In the English Vocabulary Profile (EVP), ‘Still‘ is listed at B1 with the meaning ‘despite that‘, where ‘that’ refers back to the previous thing talked about. This is slightly different to: ‘despite‘ as a preposition, which is also listed at B1 with the meaning: without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented

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otherwise

ADVERBS, conditional

The adverb ‘otherwise‘ has 3 listings in the English Vocabulary Profile. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN B1 used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion A search in the NOW corpus for: , otherwise _P _V 1 , OTHERWISE IT WILL 1394 There

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and | but | or | because

A1, CONJUNCTIONS, coordinating, subordinate

A1 points 1-7 in the English Grammar Profile are listed as:

single word conjunctions (‘and, but, or’):

to connect single nouns and adjectives.
to combine phrases, clauses, and sentences.
‘and’ and ‘or’ before the final item in a list.
‘but’ to add unexpected contrast.

‘because’ as a subordinating conjunction to introduce a subordinate clause.

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phrase ellipsis

B1, CLAUSES, CONJUNCTIONS, ellipsis, GSE, phrases

Here’s a student example of verb phrase ellipsis: You need to study hard to pass the test unless you don’t want to. PELIC Arabic female level 4 grammar class Although there are a number of grammar points in the English Grammar Profile to do with Ellipsis, there are none that cover the ellipsis of phrases before or after the ‘TO’ infinitive. Therefore, we turn to Pearson’s GSE

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ONLY IF + inverted conditional

B2, CLAUSES, cleft, conditional, emphasis, fronting, FUTURE, GSE, PRESENT

On Pearson’s scale at GSE 71 B2+ describe present or future outcomes of a hypothetical situation using initial ‘only if’ with inversion of subject and object. ‘Only if’ + first/second conditional with inversion The complexity of this structure is highly unlikely to be B2 as Pearson has it listed. The most similar EGP construction is

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BUT FOR (third conditional)

C1, CLAUSES, conditional, CONJUNCTIONS, formal, GSE, perfect, phrases, PREPOSITIONS

C1: formal past conditionals | noun phrase, ‘would have’ clause

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NOT ONLY + present perfect continuous (inversion) + BUT

ADVERBS, C2, continuous, FOCUS, inversion, PAST, perfect, PRESENT

Adverb expressions such as ‘not only’, ‘not just’, and ‘not simply’ emphasize that something is true, but it is not the whole truth. These co-ordinate clauses. In the English Grammar Profile, C2 point 92 in the category of PAST is defined: present perfect continuous, invert the subject and affirmative auxiliary verb with ‘not only … but’

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actually | unfortunately | of course | I’m sorry

A2, ADVERBS, attitude, modify, regret, stance, view

Stance adverb phrases express the speaker’s attitude towards a statement. It covers four examples: “actually” (used to emphasize truth), “unfortunately” (expresses regret or bad news), “of course” (emphasizes that something is expected or well-known), and “I’m sorry” (expresses regret or softens an unpleasant statement).

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adjective BUT adjective

A2, ADJECTIVES, combining, CONJUNCTIONS, contrast

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 21 in the category of ADJECTIVES/combining is defined as: join a limited range of common adjectives, after ‘be’. All the examples use ‘but’ to join the adjectives.

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future in the past

B1, expectation, FUTURE, GSE, PAST, plan

The English Grammar Profile (EGP) B1 point 23 in the category of future is defined: past form of ‘be’ + ‘going to’ (future in the past) EGP B1 point 36 in FUTURE is defined: PLANS IN THE PAST (often followed by ‘but’) to talk about a plan, sometimes one that may have changed. These grammar

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preposition (wide range)

B1, PREPOSITIONS, range

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Not only did + but also

C1, CONJUNCTIONS, emphasis, inversion, PAST, simple

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 83 in PAST is defined as: ‘NOT ONLY … BUT ALSO’ the inverted form of the past simple with auxiliary ‘do’ *Note that any type of inversion with ‘not only but also’ is C1. Our example: Sportskeeda Not only did this affect his reputation with the fans, but also

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might * but *

C1, console, justify, MODALITY

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 195 in MODALITY is defined as: ‘might’ followed by ‘but’ to console or justify The usage requirements seem a little too restrictive because there are other uses that show a high level of complexity. Here are Google definitions for ‘console‘ and ‘justify‘ in order: comfort (someone) at a

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not only do * but also

C1, CONJUNCTIONS, coordinating, FOCUS, inversion

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 19 in CONJUNCTIONS/coordinating is defined as: inverted auxiliary ‘do’ + the subject after ‘not only’, to give focus. For example: It‘s kind of like the dirty, little secret of poverty, which is that, not only do poor people take in very little income, but also, the income that they take in, they don’t spend it very wisely, and unfortunately, most of that spending is done by men. *This is an overlapping point at multiple levels.

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past perfect simple (change of situation)

B2, PAST, perfect, simple

Point 66 in the category of PAST is past perfect simple used for a CHANGE OF SITUATION. The EGP uses HAD + ‘planned’ and ‘wanted’ + ‘but’ in their examples. Since this is a difficult structure to find in corpora due to the length of sentences, we have looked directly in Google news for examples:

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Is the word ‘anything’ a pronoun or an adverb?

ADVERBS, PRONOUNS

‘Anything’ is usually an indefinite pronoun. Rarely, it is in a two part adverbial phrase. 1 ANYTHING (PN1) 2 ANYTHING BUT (RR21) idiom = the opposite of the stated quality

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advanced phrases with BUT

ADVERBS, alternative, B2, CLAUSES, CONJUNCTIONS, emphasis, exception, phrases, PREPOSITIONS, purpose

What part of speech is BUT?

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FOR

CONJUNCTIONS, phrases, PREPOSITIONS

In this post, we investigate 11 ways ‘for’ is tagged by the claws 7 tag set. 1 FOR (IF) 140146366 A1 simple preposition 1 . FOR MORE INFORMATION 77314 For more information, you‘ll have to speak with the doctor. Harry Brown 2 . FOR THOSE WHO 22531 3 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 19815 4 THE REASON FOR THIS IS

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