[source: Swan 1995] 8. say so & tell sb so, instead of repeating information e.g. Mary and John are getting

So: Part 2 [source: Swan 1995] 5. so … that e.g. It was so hot (that) we could not work.

1. to an extent: e.g. I feel so happy today. 2. before adjectives: e.g. Food is getting so expensive. 3.

Here is a finer point related to conditional sentences: But for … If John had not warned me, I would

I am starting a new series on suffixes. Here are some common suffixes for nouns: -ness:                   kindness, selfishness, fitness -ee:                      

7. verb + object + preposition + …ing accuse of, blame for, congratulate on, discourage from, forgive for e.g. She

4. verb + object + (that) + clause promise, remind, tell, warn e.g. He told us (that) he would be

There are different kinds of verb patterns when it comes to reporting verbs. In this section and then in parts