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Ace your grammar (Modality (I dare say, "can" in passive, How…
Ace your grammar
Modality
I dare say
"can" in passive
How dare!
"be set to"/ assertion
"may well"
"might not have" + -ed
Polite criticism
"there ought to be..."
Clauses
Not only....but
Let + 3rd person + inf
Pointing in formal context
Inversion: Should/had/were +subj + verb
'If' + Past Perfect + Modal Verbs (imagined situation, regret)
non-finite subordinate clause with an '-ed' form, before a main clause, to give focus.
Future
Expectations with May/Might
Future Cont
Future Perf + adv
If you have ever read
sales will possibly have fallen
Future Perf/ assumptions
Future Perf/ politness
Pres Simple + by the time
Pres Simple + verbs expressing suggestion, obligation
Adj
compound Adj
with extreme Adv
past part as Adj
with N and postmodifier
the best way possible
superl + N + postmod
the highest possible level
Adv
as modifier (stance
)
simply, truly, surely, apparently, naturally, surprisingly, inevitably, literally, exceptionally, frankly, clearly, amazingly, wisely, admittedly
certainty
It was undoubtedly an unforgettable experience
adv + adv
relatively quickly
Adv + enough
surprisingly enough
Adv + prep phrase
luckily for you...
Determiners
One's
"either", " neither" + sg N
"either", " neither" + pl N
Hyperbole: millions of, tons of
Conjunctions
'whatever', 'wherever', 'however', etc. as a subordinating conjunction, at the beginning of a sentence, to give focus.
"Yet". Concessive.
"Either... or" to combine more complex strings of clauses and sentences.
Focus
Fixed expressions at the front
"At the end of the day"
"All in all"
What cleft clause
What we need is.
..
Wh cleft clause/Title
Why I think this is a good idea
Passives
Present Cont negative
"get" + obj + ed
"get" + obj + -ing
Present
Rhetorical questions
Negative questions/opinion
"demonstrate", "illustrate" etc in academic context
Past
Past Perf/ inversion, imagined past
Past Simple/ emphasis + "did"
Pronouns
"that of", "those of"
"none"/substitution
Discourse markers
As mentioned above,
as mentioned earlier
Negation
"whatsoever"/emphasis
"not" + stance verb/hedging
Nouns
use the '-ing' form of verbs as abstract nouns.
Using formal prepositions