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British National Corpus
100 million words. “The purpose of a language corpus is to
provide…evidence of how language is really used”
http://thetis.bl.uk
COBUILD
329 million words “Analysis of authentic language
deepens our understanding of how English is used in real life and enhances our classroom teaching of vocabulary and grammar.”
http://titania.collins.cobuild.co.uk
CobuildDirect Internet Service
26 million words from British books etc. 9 million words from American books
etc. 10 million words from British speech
NewspapersEph
emera
Text
TextRadio
Magazines
Books
USBritish
Give
Chance
Advice
Ring
Birth
Impression
Damn
Pleasure
Boost
Priority
Insight
Indication
Permission
Guidance
Encouragement
Clues
Give & Present
…but in 12 of those 21 instances, PRESENT is not the object of GIVE.
“…give some thought to his present situation.”
Offer & Present
The evidence of the corpus indicates that the verb OFFER is never used with the object PRESENT.
Conditionals
If In case Unless
+ Simple Present
+ Simple Past
+ Present Perfect
+ Past Perfect
+ Present Cont.
+ Past Cont.
23
7
0
1
0
1
14
7
1
1
1
1
26
7
1
0
0
0
Provided
Of 40 instances in the corpus of PROVIDED,6 are conditional:
“… will appear on subsequent bills provided that you continue to pay promptly.”
Provided / Providing
“… will appear on subsequent bills provided that you continue to pay promptly.”
Is it correct to use PROVIDING instead of PROVIDEDin this case?
ProvidingIs used in a conditional sense:
9 out of 40 instances in British speech
2 out of 40 instances in British books etc.
0 out of 40 instances in American books etc.
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