Point 32 in the category of ADJECTIVES/modifying: adverbs of degree (‘really’, ‘so’, ‘quite’) with an increasing range of common gradable adjectives. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I was so hungry, so I ate two sandwiches. Korean male level 2 writing class. An iWeb search for: really|so|quite _JJ 1 REALLY GOOD 291861 2 SO GOOD 182087 3 SO EASY 127227 4 SO IMPORTANT 102790 5 SO …
Point 75 in ADJECTIVES is defined as: ‘as… as’ and ‘so… that’ in comparative structures. comparative clauses *The EGP doesn’t state that there must be a noun phrase in the middle, but we can guess from the examples. Using the POS from the EGP examples: so_RG strong_JJ a_AT1 shock_NN1 that_CST as_RG large_JJ a_AT1 number_NN1 of_IO …
1 BELOW (RL) 2387501 2 BELOW (II) 514246 4 BELOW (RG) 167341
1 FAR (RR) 1578722 3 FAR (RG) 571418 4 FAR (CS32) 498039 5 FAR (JJ) 184065 6 BY FAR (RR22) 177881 8 FAR (RG21) 61815 9 FAR (JJ21) 21441 10 FAR (CS43) 11667 13 FAR (RL) 2966 15 FAR (RR42) 1674
1 UNDER (II) 4978809 2 UNDER (RG) 542379 7 UNDER (RP@) 35187 8 UNDER (RR21) 32513
1 RATHER (II21) 956100 2 RATHER (RG) 529786 ‘Rather’ as a degree adverb usually modifies an adjective. 1 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) A (AT1) 22044 2 A (AT1) RATHER (RG) LARGE (JJ) 7161 3 BUT (CCB) RATHER (RG_RR@) AN (AT1) 4810 4 IS (VBZ) RATHER (RG) A (AT1) 2921 5 , (,) RATHER (RG_RR@) A …
1 AROUND (II) 2642412 2 AROUND (RP) 2001519 1 BEEN (VBN) AROUND (RP) FOR (IF) 57254 2 WAY (NN1) AROUND (RP) . (.) 26838 3 TIME (NNT1) AROUND (RP) . (.) 23802 4 TIME (NNT1) AROUND (RP) , (,) 22216 5 PLAY (VVI) AROUND (RP) WITH (IW) 20354 6 PLAYING (VVG) AROUND (RP) WITH (IW) …
1 SO (RG) MUCH (DA1) 80 3 SO (RG) MUCH (RR) 5 If you can’t decide if ‘much’ a singular after determiner or just a regular adverb, go with probabilty.
Following a lexical verb with a degree adverb is possible but much rarer than following a lexical verb with a preposition and a little rarer than following a lexical verb with a general adverb. 11 TAKES (VVZ) ABOUT (RG) 36989 12 LOOKS (VVZ) VERY (RG) 34563 13 GET (VVI) TOO (RG) 32745 16 FEEL (VV0) …
I_PPIS1 go_VV0 over_RP the_AT bridge_NN1 ._. (if lexical verb before then ‘over’ is a particle, regardless if followed by a noun or prepositional phrase) I_PPIS1 go_VV0 over_RP for_IF lunch_NN1 ._. I_PPIS1 go_VV0 over_RP ._. (But if the verb ‘BE’ precedes ‘over’, and it followed by a noun phrase, then it is a preposition.) I_PPIS1 am_VBM …
1 ‘AS’ is mostly used as a subordinating conjunction. Therefore a clause will follow. (CSA) 3 ‘As’ is used a little less as a preposition. Therefore, a noun phrase will follow. (II) 5 (II22) 6 ‘AS’ is less frequently also used as an adverb of degree. (RG) It is often followed by an adjective or …
Although ‘so’ is hard to put a part of speech to, it is usually a general or degree adverb, but it can often also be a conjunction. Here is a ranked list in order of most frequent first with highlighted examples: general adverb – “So much for studying grammar everyday.” (RR) suborinating conjunction – …
1 ABOUT (II) 22037137 2 ABOUT (RG) 3728749 4 ABOUT (RPK) 438095 9 ABOUT (RP) 121562 19 ABOUT (RL) 442
1 THAT (CST) 68828662 3 THAT (DD1) 25191738 5 THAT (CS22) 3093377 6 THAT (RG) 524810 7 THAT (REX21) 308941
1 THIS (DD1) 81536098 4 THIS (RG) 28301 adverb (before an adjective, adverb, or ‘much’)
Point 210 in MODALITY on the English Grammar Profile is based on: MODIFYING an ADJECTIVE for HEDGING with a degree adverb. We are offered only two examples: Collocates 4 sides to the left and right on iWeb corpus for “quite probable“: 1 IT (PPH1 ) 528 2 SEEMS (VVZ ) 31 3 POSSIBLE (JJ …
This A2 grammar point is quantities of PLURAL NOUNS. Its made up of an adverb + determiner + noun.
Point 51 in the category of adverbs/phrases is defined as: degree adverbs (‘almost’, ‘very’) to modify determiners. Adverbs phrases can be put together with degree adverbs such as “almost” and “very” to modify determiners, such as “all” and “few”. *.[RR] *.[DB] After removing a few unrelated results to the intention of finding degrees, the search …
