A Practical English Grammar

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Thomson and Martinet's classic intermediate grammar for foreign learners is the most widely used book of its kind. It is popular because its explanations are clear and because it deals thoroughly with the topics which students find most difficult. A Practical English Grammar has now been revised and reissued in a fourth edition. The text has been rewritten in many places to bring it up to date. Some material has been rearranged to make it simpler for the reader to compare related topics. There is fresh or fuller treatment of many subjects, notably in the chapters on nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs, the infinitive and the passive. A new index contains many more entries and now includes references to every important structural word. These changes make A Practical English Grammar easier to consult and more informative than ever. The Following titles are recommended for use alongside the Grammar: A Practical English Grammar: Exercise 1 and 2 A Practical English Grammar Structure Drills 1 and 2 Table Of Contents 1. Articles and one, a little / a few, this that 2. Nouns 3. Adjectives 4. Adverbs 5. all, each, every, both, neither, either, some, any, no, none 6. Interrogatives: wh-? Words and how? 7. Possessives, personal and reflexive pronouns: my, mine, I, myself 8. Relative pronouns and clauses 9. Prepositions 10. Introduction to verbs 11. be, have, do 12. may and can for permission 13. can and be able for ability 14. ought, should, must, have to, need for obligation 15. must, have, will and should for deduction and assumption 16. The auxiliaries dare and used 17. The present tenses 18. The past and perfect tenses 19. The future 20. The sequence of tenses 21. The conditional 22. Other uses for will/would, shall/should 23. The infinitive 24. The gerund 25. Infinitive and gerund constructions 26. The participles 27. Commands, requests, invitations, advice, suggestions 28. The subjunctive 29. care, like, love hate, prefer, with 30. The passive voice 31. Indirect speech 32. Conjunctions 33. Purpose 34. Clauses of reason, result, 35. Noun clauses 36. Numerals, dates, and weights and measures 37. Spelling rules 38. Phrasal verbs 39. List of irregular verbs Irregular verbs Index