... vehicles:
bake
boil
cook
defrost
simmer
thicken
~
balance
rock
shake
spin
stand
~
back
crash
drive
run
sail
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A Grammar for Access
When using a grammar, it is often difficult to find the info...
... Would you like to hear . . . story about . . . Englishman, . . . Irishman and . . . Scotsman?
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No. I've heard . . . stories about . . . Englishmen, . . . Irishmen and . . . Scotsmen before ... . . typical story. In my story . . . Scotsman is generous, . . . Irishman is
logical and . . . Englishman is romantic. ~
Oh, if it's . . . fantastic story I'll listen with . . . pleasu...
... usually put comparative and superlative adjectives in front of other adjectives.
Some of the better English actors have gone to live in Hollywood.
These are the highest monthly figures on record. ... much, no, some
There was little applause.
We need more information
He did not speak much English.
WARNING: The following general determiners can never be used with uncount noun...
... job, but I couldn't wait any longer.
He's not going to play any more.
In formal English, you can use an affirmative clause with `no longer' and `no more'. You can put ... same'.
Teenage fashions are the same all over the world.
The initial stage of learning English is the same for many students.
You can use some adverbs in front of `the same as'
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In grammar lists of this kind are called 'classes'; a class is the grouping together of words and
phrases which all behave in the same way. Hence this grammar is very much a grammar ... confusion; otherwise the grammar would be
full of special notes. If we put it in, we give an appropriate warning.
In the summer of 1989 I worked with a large number of English teac...