For example and such as

Hey you!
More questions in our classes:

One of our students asked if we could substitute for example for such as (to avoid repetition). Our Helper, Thaís, did the following search at COCA:

Here, you can see that she selected the Academic genre (on the left), chose the COMPARE function and typed such and for in the search bar. This led her to the result you can find in the main box.
She highlighted what she was looking for.

What conclusions can you reach by assessing such results? Has our student´s question been answered?

Looking forward to hearing from you!
Helpers Team

Hi eveyone!
In one of our last classes, a student raised the following: the verb admit has to be followed by the pronoun that when it introduces a clause.

Here´s what we found at COCA:

This, with an analysis of some concordance lines (which you can find by doing the same search as shown above), confirms what our student said.

More questions? Feel free to ask!
Helpers Team

Good evening, everyone!

This semester we will have three courses: 

Language Practice

Room 170 (Prédio de Letras), on Mondays, from 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm.

Syllabus

Class 1 -  It, this and that referring to segments of text 

Class 2 - It, this and that referring to segments of text

Class 3 - Relative pronouns

Class 4 - As x like

Class 5 - Present perfect

Class 6 - Generalizing

Class 7 - One, some, ones

Class 8 - Passive voice

Class 9 - Passive voice

Class 10 - Support verbs

Academic Writing

Room 170 (Prédio de Letras), on Mondays, from 6:30pm to 7:15pm.

Syllabus

Class 1 - Hedging (have to)

Class 2 -  Hedging (have to)

Class 3 - Adding ideas - Also, as well (as), too

Class 4 - Citing

Class 5 - Exemplifying

Class 6 - Register

Class 7 -  Register

Class 8 - Substituting everyone etc

Class 9 - Giving opinion

Class 10 - Sequencing
 

Academic Speaking

Room 170 (Prédio de Letras), on Wednesdays, from 6:30pm to 7:15pm.

Syllabus

Class 1 - Characteristics of spoken language
Class 2 - Characteristics of spoken language
Class 3 - Get passives
Class 4 - Noun phrases
Class 5 - You and one
Class 6 - Will, shall, ´ll
Class 7 - Imperative and rhetorical questions

Class 8 - I versus we
Class 9 - Contracted forms
Class 10 - Vague language

Come and join us, hope to see you there! 

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