Grammar intuition

Grammar intuition v. corpus data (Corpus grammar )

 Prepositions

sentences	Learning
-He's going to home. -He's going home.	We can’t use to word before home word. Concordance for equals home in Corpus such as at home/  come home/  coming home
-The people are fed up of so many elections. -The people are fed up with so many elections.	Fed up can use with to or with word after the word and not hits to use of word with fed up.
-Tell to me everything she said. -Tell me everything she said.	We wouldn't use to among tell and me.
-They listen the radio every morning. - They listen to the radio every morning.	Using listen and radio have to use to among both words.
-She is interesting to watching birds. - She is interesting to watching birds.	Interested use to tell about persson’s feeling. Interesting use to tell about the manner of something. We should use in after interest instead to

Singular-Plural

sentences	Learning
- Ask one of the girl if she can go with you. - Ask one of the girls if she can go with you.	One of the use with Plural N.
- The man was met by a 10-years-old boy. - The man was met by a 10-year-old boy.	If year is Plural N. have to add s on the end of the word. If there is complement after old word, so it can’t add s on the end of the year word.
The weather is cold in many part of this country. -The weather is cold in many parts of this country.	Many have to use with plural N., so part have to add s on the end of the word.
- Her dream is to open a flowers-shop. - Her dream is to open a flower-shop.	Flower shop is name of the shop. It isn’t means the flower in the shop.
- These shoes are made by hands in Italy. - These shoes are made by hand in Italy.	It’s idiom in English, so hand don’t add s on the end of the word.

Word order

sentences	Learning
- He came down with a disease serious. - He came down with a serious disease.	Serious have to be set on the left before disease word.
- Fallen branches covered completely the car. - Fallen branches covered the car completely.	Completely is an adverb and cover is a verb, so adverb have to set before verb or set on the end of the sentence.

Formulaics

sentences	Learning
-I don't know how it looks like. -I don't know how it looks like.	Many have to use with plural N., so part have to add s on the end of the word.
- Do you want to marry me? - Do you want to marry me?	Flower shop is name of the shop. It isn’t means the flower in the shop.

Gerund-Infinitive

sentences	Learning
- She enjoyed to write poems for her friends. - She enjoyed writing poems for her friends.	Enjoy and write are verb that they can’t set together. In the sentence writing is a noun, so write have to add -ing on the end of the word.
- They stop to work at 5 o'clock. - They stop working at 5 o'clock.	Stop and work are verb that they can’t set together. In the sentence working is a noun, so work have to add -ing on the end of the word.
-They want buying a new car. -They want to buy a new car.	Want and buy are verb that they can’t set together, it have to set to word before the word.

Conditional

sentences	Learning
-I wish I can see her again. -I wish I can see her again.	Many have to use with plural N., so part have to add s on the end of the word.
- If I would have known, I would have said so. - If I would have known, I would have said so.	Flower shop is name of the shop. It isn’t means the flower in the shop.

Past v. Perfect

sentences	Learning
- The situation changed since 1989. - The situation changed since 1989.	Flower shop is name of the shop. It isn’t means the flower in the shop.