French reference grammar for schools and collegesA general grammar, presenting the mechanisms of modern French. |
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according accusative adjectival adjective clause adjunction adverb phrases adverbial agree antecedent arrivé article auxiliary becomes Capital Letters cling colloquial comparison compound tenses conjugation conjunction construction dative denoting dependent clause dependent infinitive different direct object distinguishing mark ending English equivalent especially examples expressed expression fact feminine finis finis finit first followed following follows formed French frequently function future tenses gender gerund given gnashes governed grammar head clause impersonal indefinite introduced j'ai language literary style logical subject masculine meaning mood names negative neuter never Note.—The number occur omitted parlé partitive noun past descriptive past historic past participle past perfect past tenses Perject person personal plural precedes preposition prepositional present tense pronominal remains rule same sentence show singular speech spoken stands statement stressed form subjunctive syllable take the stress thing time transitive verbs unstressed used uses usually Verbs with stem vowel word word-group