The Sentence and Its Parts: A Grammar of Contemporary English |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS | 9 |
N PARTS OF SPEECH | 35 |
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The Sentence And Its Parts A Grammar Of Contemporary English Ralph Bernard Long No preview available - 2018 |
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adjectival adjectives adverbs American English appositives auxiliary basic forms boys careful and formal characteristically classified clause markers clause-marker combinations common-case common-mode commonly complexes compounds consonant sounds construction contained modifiers coordinates determinative pronouns determiner modifiers diphthongs distinct dominant stress employ equivalent example force formal styles George gerundial clauses grammar implied indefinite article infinitival clauses inflectional endings informal styles irregular verbs larger clauses less loose adjuncts main clauses main declarative main interrogatives meaning mode multiple units negated normally nounal units nucleuses occur one-word ordinarily part-of-speech participial passive past forms patterns personal pronouns phonemic phrasal verb phrasings played common plural plural forms possessive postpositive precedes prepositional units prepositive modifiers present perfect proper nouns quantifiables refer relationships represents schwa semantically singular sometimes speaking or writing spellings spoken language subjunctive subordinate clauses subordinate interrogatives suffixes syllables syntax tences tense terminate tion tives triphthongs types unstressed usable variant verb forms vowel letters written language