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CONTENTS
Preface ir
PART I GRAMMAR
BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE 2
l Subiect and Predicate 3
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b. Thc r,t'rb phrirse
c. [)osrtion ol tht,sublect
cl. What nut to clouith t h t , s u l r j t ' r ' t
e. I " i lL' r sul r j t ' c t s1 1a t rd l l l i , /1'
1. Six l r r r s i t f t q u l r ( ' n l e n t s
2. Phrases and C'lauses 15
r r . l )ac k ingi r s ( 'nt (,nc (r,v i th inl i r r r r r l r t i i in
b . A d d i n g i n f o r r n u t i o tlrt t h t ' b t ' g i n r r i n g
c N' Iodi1r ' inrgrn d ident i l r ' jngt h( ' sub. l ( ' ( t
d. Ins t ' r t ingi rdt l r t ionl r li n[ i r rnr l r t ion
t,. Adding r v e r l r
f . F, x l x rndinut l r t ' obj c c t
g. ;\dding i n t i r r n l r t i o n irt tht, t ' n t l
3. Questions and Negativcs 26
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lr llTr.vi rntl ttltrtl l i r r ' l
t . Nt,gat ivt's
t l . Al t t ' rnr r t . r v tl 'i i r r r r so l nt 'gr r t ior r
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qut.stions
I. 'l'ag t lr r l s t i o n s : s u n t n l l l l \
NOUN PHRASES 36
4. Propcr Nouns :17
i r . ( l ; r lt 'gor i c s
lr. ' \ r t i t l o us(,: sunlnr:rrv
c . Ar l i c l t ' s u r th s ingul : r rJ ) rol ) (.nl ouns
d. Al t r cL, su r th pl r r ral pr ( r l ) { , lrt ( )Ltns
5. Count:rble and Uncountable Nouns 4-,t
:1. ( onlntolt nouns
b. ( lor rntal r l tn, ot rns
c . I ' lul r r l Ior r r r so lcor rnt l r l l l tn' or r r r s
r l . Llncour r tal t l (n' { )ul t s
r ' . ( ) u l r n t i t v r v o r t l s
L l i , r l lnd a / i , z r '
g. M c l r s r r l r , u ' o r r l s
6. Articlcs 57
it . I )et t ' rnr inc r -asn d : r r t i c l t , s
b. Spc c i f i cn ' l i ' r ' cnce1: l r r ,
c. ( i t ' n t , r ' : r l i z i r t i o n s
rl. A r t i c l t , s u'ith norrns: s u n t n t i l r vt,. Inrportrrnt polnts to r t ' l n t , m l r t , r
f . l r l iornl r t i cr r s l rgt
VERI} I'HTiASES 69
7. Verb Phrases 7O
ii. (lornplcte
b. Active and passive
c. I)resent-future and past...