JJ

The CLAWS7 tagset that is used by the English Grammar Profiler and this site use:

  • JJ general adjective
  • JJR general comparative (older)
  • JJT general superlative (oldest)
  • JK catenative (able to, willing to)

Depending on what you want to find and where _J or _JJ will also include all the other more specific tags.

conjunction + past simple

B2, CONJUNCTIONS, PAST, polite, simple

In the English Grammar Profile, there are two points that overlap.  B2 point 55 is defined as: PAST simple after ‘if’ as a politeness structure, especially in letters and emails. B2 point 72 is defined as: the past simple with a range of subordinating conjunctions, including ‘as soon as’, ‘before’, ‘if’, ‘once’, ‘since’, ‘so’, ‘until’,

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-IAN adjective noun suffix

ADJECTIVES, NOUNS

1 AUSTRALIAN (JJ) 710846 2 CANADIAN (JJ_NN1) 668799 3 CHRISTIAN (JJ) 576614 4 INDIAN (JJ) 427053 5 RUSSIAN (JJ) 400558 6 BRIAN (NP1) 365292 7 PHYSICIAN (NN1) 350753 8 ITALIAN (JJ_NN1) 322927 9 ASIAN (JJ) 261909 10 GUARDIAN (NN1) 213597 11 IAN (NP1) 180509 12 MUSICIAN (NN1) 135424 13 SYRIAN (JJ) 132610 14 VICTORIAN (JJ)

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PAST

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, NOUNS, PREPOSITIONS

1 PAST (JJ) 606963 The most common collocates of ‘past’ as an adjective:  year, month, decade You have suffered terribly this past year, but you came to understand your anxiety, and that it was never to be acted upon. Gone 2 PAST (NN1) 490293 (noun) In the past, they‘ve always let me choose my own nurses. Catch Me If You Can  3 PAST (II) 309069 4 PAST (RL) 55074 5 PAST (RT) 16486

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10 ways ‘FAR’ is used in English grammar.

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, CLAUSES, phrases, vocabulary

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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UN- prefix -ED suffix

ADJECTIVES

1 UNITED (NP1) 2015534 2 UNITED (JJ) 533293 3 UNLIMITED (JJ) 287458 4 UNEXPECTED (JJ) 267952 5 UNWANTED (JJ) 155099 6 UNPRECEDENTED (JJ) 130278 7 UNAUTHORIZED (JJ) 108529 8 UNUSED (JJ) 105786 9 UNRELATED (JJ) 82860 10 UNCHANGED (JJ) 80787 11 UNPARALLELED (JJ) 71025 12 UNEMPLOYED (JJ) 66769 13 UNFINISHED (JJ) 53918 14 UNMATCHED (JJ)

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-IAL suffix adjective or noun

ADJECTIVES, NOUNS

1 SOCIAL (JJ) 3761303 2 SPECIAL (JJ) 3229728 3 FINANCIAL (JJ) 2465150 4 MATERIAL (NN1) 1430000 5 ESSENTIAL (JJ) 1148597 6 POTENTIAL (JJ_NN1) 1058312 7 COMMERCIAL (JJ) 984818 8 TRIAL (NN1) 830854 9 INITIAL (JJ_NN1) 813467 10 OFFICIAL (JJ_NN1) 698574 11 INDUSTRIAL (JJ) 595618 12 POTENTIAL (NN1_JJ) 534622 13 RESIDENTIAL (JJ) 444448 14 CRUCIAL (JJ)

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OFF

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, PREPOSITIONS

1  (RP) ‘off’ is an adverb particle most often and often appears followed by punctuation, a preposition or conjunction. 4 OFF (II) 1161417   PHRASES: 5 OFF of (II21) 6 ‘OFF’ is found as an adjective before a noun.  ‘off season’.  (JJ%)  8 OFF (JJ22) 31880 11 OFF (RR21) 15526 1 IT (PPH1) OFF (RP)

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LIKELY

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, B1, C1, MODALITY, probability

In the English Vocabulary Profile, at B1, ‘likely’ is listed as an adjective meaning something might happen or be true; probable. People who are depressed are 40% more likely to develop memory problems. listen At C1 as an adverb, it means probably.   It is often found between a modal verb and its infinitive. And she will likely be on medication for the rest of her life. listen By hearing this tape, you will likely assume this is over. SAW VI A

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BE + *ed + PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVES, be, PAST, VERBS

The word with an ‘-ed’ ending is usually a past particple.  The adjective exceptions such as ‘interested’,’involved’,’used to’ are rarer. 1 IS BASED (VVN) ON 327426 The system is based on the rules of a building. The Matrix Reloaded 2 BE (VBI) USED (VVN) FOR (IF) 273383 3 ARE (VBR) INTERESTED (JJ) IN (II) 192417 4 BE (VBI) USED (VVN) IN (II)

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LONG

ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, VERBS

A search in iWeb for the part of speech of ‘long’: 1 LONG (JJ) 3552089 adjective 2 LONG (RR) 1695369 adverb   5 LONG (CS32) 727692 B2 complex subordinating conjunction: He says he‘s waited as long as he can for Batman to do the right thing. 6 LONG (RR22) 93610 C1 complex adverbial phrase ‘for long’ But if it went wrong, I would not want to live like that for long. 9 LONG (VVI) 48001 verb 14 LONG

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JUST

A2, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, DETERMINERS, intensity

The word ‘just’ is most often used as a general adverb. Here are a few examples that showcase its usage in this context: “He’s just a beginner in playing the piano.” In this sentence, ‘just’ is used to convey that the person is only a beginner and implies a sense of being at the early

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NOUN + ADJECTIVE

ADJECTIVES, NOUNS

1 YEARS (NNT2) OLD (JJ) 539284 2 YEAR (NNT1) OLD (JJ) 384604 3 ATTORNEY (NN1) GENERAL (JJ) 80829 4 OPTIONS (NN2) AVAILABLE (JJ) 76190 5 MONTHS (NNT2) OLD (JJ) 54992 6 INFORMATION (NN1) AVAILABLE (JJ) 39309 7 ENERGY (NN1) EFFICIENT (JJ) 38041 8 FEET (NN2) TALL (JJ) 34023 9 MONTH (NNT1) OLD (JJ) 33878 10

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