Grammar Starting with "B"
19 entries
- Basic Reported Speech Reporting what someone said in the past
- Basic Word Order (SVO) English sentences follow Subject-Verb-Object order
- be + to infinitive Formal structures for plans, destiny, and instructions
- be able to Alternative to 'can' for ability in various tenses
- be allowed to Alternative to 'can' for permission in various tenses
- be it / if need be / as it were Fixed subjunctive expressions
- be supposed to Expected or scheduled to do something
- Be that as it may Conceding a point while dismissing its importance
- be that as it may / that said Acknowledging a point while continuing
- be used to / get used to Being accustomed to something
- because / so Connect cause and effect
- before / after / during Time relationships between events
- Binomials (fixed pairs) Two words linked by and/or in fixed order
- both / neither / either Referring to two things or people
- both, either, neither Words for talking about two things
- both...and / either...or / neither...nor Correlative conjunctions for pairs
- but for / if it weren't for Expressing what would be different without something
- But for + noun Expressing 'if it weren't for' or 'if it hadn't been for'
- by the time Before or when something happens