Collins Cobuild - English Grammar (Collins Cobuild grammar) potx

... the Cobuild Dictionaries and the Cobuild English Course, gives a first glimpse of what it is like to have access to real examples. John Sinclair Editor-in-Chief Cobuild Professor of Modern English ... the first grammar of its kind, and it is deferent in many respects from other kinds of grammar. This grammar attempts to make accurate statements about English, as seen in th...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 23:20

... instrument build-up buyout check-in checkout check-up comeback countdown cover-up crackdown cutbacks drawback feedback follow-up giveaway handout kick-off lead-up lookout make-up meltdown mix-up passer-by run-in runner-up run-off run-up sell-out setback set-up show-off slowdown ... instrument build-up buyout check-in checkout check-up comeback countdown cover-up crackdown cutbacks drawback f...

Ngày tải lên: 14/04/2014, 21:04

... the Cobuild Dictionaries and the Cobuild English Course, gives a first glimpse of what it is like to have access to real examples. John Sinclair Editor-in-Chief Cobuild Professor of Modern English ... it. This grammar is based on these important correspondences between structure and function, which are set out in the Cobuild Grammar Chart on the following pages. The skeleton...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 15:15

... example, the plural of 'looker-on' is 'lookers-on', and the plural of 'summing-up' is 'summings-up'. He stopped passers-by and offered it for sale. Compound ... perspective away from grammar as a list of arbitrary problems, and towards grammar as a means of free expression. We have tried to produce a grammar of real English the English that pe...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... 48 3-4 85. - Each 486. - All 48 7-4 90. - Both 49 1-4 94. - Either 49 5- 497. -Neither 49 8-4 99. - None 50 0-5 01. - One 50 2-5 28. - No 52 9-5 36. - Compound Indefinite Pronouns 53 7- 543. - ... Singular 26 9-2 92. [General 269. - Attrib- utive Genitive 27 0-2 74. - (Semi-)independent Genitive 27 5-2 76....

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 23:20

... it over me (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl bk.indd 46 3/16/09 12:33:59 PM Post-Noun Modifi ers 45 The tall young man in the yellow jacket is my cousin. He is my cousin. There are four third-person pronouns. ... of words that can be replaced by a third-person pronoun. For example, we can replace our noun phrase with the third- person pronoun he: 4 (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl bk.indd 44 3/16/09 12:...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... team nominated were selected for the all-star team. Conversation: All the players that the team nominated were selected for the all- star team. (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl bk.indd 57 3/16/09 12:34:00 ... relative pronouns that can be deleted (including that). If the relative pro- noun cannot be deleted, write OK above it. (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl bk.indd 59 3/16/09 12:34:01 PM 58 Noun Phras...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... can’t stand some commercials that are aired on late-night TV. Some employees who work in accounting fi rst noticed the problem last week. (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl bk.indd 64 3/16/09 12:34:01 PM 67 Pronouns In ... nonsensical result: X A tall young she in the front row raised her hand. 5 (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl bk.indd 67 3/16/09 12:34:02 PM Post-Noun Modifi ers 63 1. By far the most imp...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... ask? Incorrect wh- clause: X I know whom should we ask. Correct wh- cla use: I know whom we should ask. (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl bk.indd 105 3/16/09 12:34:06 PM Verb Phrases PART 2 (i-viiiB,00 1-3 28B) whl ... sentences contain wh- clauses that incorrectly use information question word order. Cross out these incorrect wh- clauses and write the corrected form in the space pro- vided. If...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20