While working on another piece of grammar, I noticed a complex piece of grammar that is not listed in the English Grammar Profile. There are many grammar points that are listed that are about adverbs in the middle position, but none about two which should be listed at C2.
A search in iWeb corpus for a ‘modal + passive or perfect‘ with 2 adverbs with:
_VM _RR _V _RR _V
(some may be adjectives instead of past participles)
1 WOULD ALSO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED 93
Kind words would also be greatly appreciated.
2 CAN ALSO BE EASILY REMOVED 90
4 COULD JUST HAVE EASILY BEEN 68
These could just have easily been the real lyrics.
5 CAN ALSO BE EASILY ADJUSTED 53
6 WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER SERVED 49
7 CAN OFTEN BE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED 48
_VH _RR _V _RR _V
1 HAS NEVER BEEN FULLY EXPLAINED 54
The incident has never been fully explained.
2 HAVE NEVER BEEN SO IMPRESSED 54 (There will be past participles as adjectives in our data.)
3 HAS NEVER BEEN SATISFACTORILY EXPLAINED 52
4 HAS ALSO BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USED 51
5 HAD NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT 46
6 HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIGHLY REGARDED 45
7 HAS NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED 43
8 HAS ALSO BEEN WIDELY USED 41
9 HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IMPRESSED 35
10 HAS ALSO BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN 34
A search in NOW corpus for:
_V _RR _V _RR _V
2 CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXPRESSLY QUALIFIED 338
3 WILL ALWAYS BE MUCH LOVED 296
4 WILL ALSO BE PARTIALLY CLOSED 262
5 WILL ALSO BE CLOSELY WATCHED 231
Trends of hospitalisation will also be closely watched for the next fortnight.
7 CONTAINED HEREIN ARE ALSO SUBJECT 169
8 CONTAINED HEREIN IS EXPRESSLY QUALIFIED 167
9 HAVE ALREADY BEEN FULLY VACCINATED 109
10 HAS JUST BEEN FULLY REMODELED 102
11 WILL ALSO BE PROACTIVELY RELEASING 92
12 WILL ALSO BE SADLY MISSED 87
13 WILL ALWAYS BE FONDLY REMEMBERED 83
14 HAS ALSO BEEN HEAVILY LINKED 78
15 HAS ALSO BEEN HARD HIT 77
16 COULD JUST HAVE EASILY BEEN 76
17 COULD EVER HAVE POSSIBLY IMAGINED 73
18 HAS ALSO BEEN BADLY AFFECTED 73
19 MAY ALSO BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED 72
20 WILL PERHAPS BE BEST REMEMBERED 71
21 HAVE ALSO BEEN HEAVILY LINKED 70
22 WILL PROBABLY BE BEST REMEMBERED 69
23 WILL NO DOUBT STILL BE 69
24 WILL NO DOUBT ALSO BE 64
25 MAY ALSO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED 63
26 HAVE ALSO BEEN HARD HIT 61
27 HAS ALSO BEEN WIDELY REPORTED 60
28 WILL ALSO BE CLOSELY WATCHING 59
29 WILL LIKELY HAVE BOTH LOVE 58
30 WILL ALSO BE CLOSELY MONITORED 58
31 HAVE ALSO BEEN BADLY AFFECTED 58
32 HAS NEVER BEEN FULLY EXPLAINED 58
33 HAS NEVER BEEN CRIMINALLY CHARGED 57
34 HAS NEVER BEEN MORE NEEDED 55
35 HAS ALSO BEEN HEAVILY CRITICISED 54
36 HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERELY AFFECTED 54
37 HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE NEEDED 54
38 HAVE ALSO BEEN STRONGLY LINKED 53
39 WILL ALSO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED 53
40 DRESS DIFFERENTLY HAS RECENTLY DECLARED 52
41 WILL ALSO BE GREATLY MISSED 51
42 HAVE ALSO BEEN GREATLY AFFECTED 51
43 HAS ALSO BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED 51
44 CAN NEVER BE PERMANENTLY DEFEATED 51
45 CAN ALSO BE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 50
46 HAS ALSO BEEN ROMANTICALLY LINKED 50
47 WILL ALWAYS BE BEST KNOWN 49
48 HAVE ALSO BEEN BADLY HIT 49
49 HAS ALSO BEEN BADLY HIT 48
50 HAS ALSO BEEN OFFICIALLY APPOINTED 45
51 HAS ALSO BEEN WIDELY CRITICISED 45
52 WILL NO DOUBT SOON BE 45
53 WILL ALSO BE KEENLY WATCHED 43
54 HAS ALSO BEEN STRONGLY LINKED 43
55 HAS NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED 42
56 HAD ALSO BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED 41
57 CAN THEREFORE BE EASILY CONFUSED 41