shape	pattern	english	example
object after its place	(?<![\w'])(?!(?:it|them|him|her|us|me|you|this|that|and|or|but|so|is|was|be)(?![\w']))[A-Za-z']+[ \t]+(?:from|to|for)[ \t]+(?:us|him|her|them|me|you)[ \t]+(?:everyone|everybody|everything|whatever|what|those|the|an?|his|its|their|our|my|your|these|nothing|anything|something|none)(?![\w'])	the verb, then what it acts on, then where, from whom or for whom; a long "who" clause may trail at the end, its word kept by the verb	"he's taken everyone from us who believes", never "he's taken from us everyone who believes"
adverb between two verbs	(?<![\w'])(?!(?:and|but|or|so|nor|if|why|how|what|when|where|who)(?![\w']))[A-Za-z']+[ \t]+(?:then|also|never|always|still|soon|only|already|often|ever|even|just)[ \t]+(?:would|will|could|should|might|must|can|shall|may)(?![\w'])	a short adverb after the first auxiliary or modal, never between two verbs where it could belong to either	"would then deliver", never "who came then would deliver"
relative clause led by its preposition	(?<![\w'])(?:in|of|at|by|under|for|with|to|from)[ \t]+(?:whose|whom)(?![\w'])	a plain phrase or a clause with its preposition at the end, as *a cui tans* is "the king of that time"	"the king of that time", never "the one in whose time they come"
purpose said as making someone sure	(?<![\w'])(?:make|makes|made|making)[ \t]+(?:you|him|her|them|us|me)[ \t]+(?:surer|sure|more[ \t]+certain|certain)[ \t]+(?:of|that)(?![\w'])	"so you can be sure", as *pour toi faire plus certain que* is said	"so you can be sure God has given me this wisdom", never "to make you surer of the understanding God has granted me"
bare after closing a span of time	(?<![\w'])(?:days?|nights?|weeks?|months?|years?|hours?|while)[ \t]+after(?=[ \t]*[.,;:!?"”])	the span, then "later", or the moment's own turn, "the next day", "a week after he left"	"he died three days later", never "he lived only three days after"
duty closed on a bare have	(?<![\w'])(?:have|has|had)[ \t]+to[ \t]+[A-Za-z']+(?:[ \t]+[A-Za-z']+){0,4}?[ \t]+(?:the[ \t]+way|as|like)[ \t]+(?:I|you|he|she|we|they)[ \t]+(?:have|has|had)(?=[ \t]*[.,;:!?"”])	the duty said as the charge it is and the comparison said in full, as *se jou l'eusse aussi a querre que vous avés* is said	"if I'd been sent to find him, as you were", never "if I'd had to search the way you have"
a reason opened on for	(?:[,;]|["“])[ \t]*for[ \t]+(?:I|I'll|I'm|I've|I'd|you|you're|you'll|you've|he|he's|he'd|she|she's|it|it'll|it's|they|they're|we|we're|there|there's|that's|no)(?![\w'])	the reason opened on "because" or "since", or set after a colon	"never believe me again, because I know his end well", never "never believe me again, for I know his end well"
know said as a command	(?:^|(?<=["“])|(?<=[.;:!?,][ \t])|(?<=[.;:!?,"“][ \t]and[ \t])|(?<=["“]and[ \t])|(?<=^and[ \t])|(?<=[.;:!?,"“][ \t]but[ \t])|(?<=["“]but[ \t]))(?:know|understand)[ \t]+(?:this|that|too|for[ \t]+certain)(?![\w'])	"I want you to know", "you can be sure" or "believe me", as *sachiés que* is said	"you can be sure they'll land in three months", never "know that they'll land in three months"
a bare title as an address	(?:(?<=["“'‘])|(?<=[,;:][ \t]))lad(?:y|ies)(?=[ \t]*[,.?!])	"my lady" from one who serves her, otherwise her name or nothing; a speech to a group opens on what is said	"My lady, Uther sends you this", never "Lady, Uther sends you this"