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... ne's well.)- She speaks English well.(NOT She Sf3etlksEnglishgood.)She speaks good English. Her English isgood.Note that we cannot sayShe sfJetllcswell English. (Adverbs cannot usuallygo ... 366).This coat wants cleaning.(= needs to be cleaned.) ~page 605Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. until 602My wife will be angry if I'm not ... wait until she gets here.(NOT until she wiU get here.)page 593Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. weak and strong forms 6163 infinitive or -ingAfterway(meaning...
... definitions, so we have many English grammars (or grammar books),which vary in their coverage and their accuracy. The largest English dictionaryis the scholarly twenty-volume OxfordEnglish Dictionary, ... (1.7-10)Standard English 14Variation In standard English 151.41.51.61.91.10The spread of English in second-language countries 8 English pidgins and English as an internationallanguage 12Correct English ... 16Good English 17 Chapter 2The Scope and Nature of Grammar SummaryWhat is grammar? (2.1-3)2.1 Types of grammar books 23 2.3 Theories of grammar 252.2 Descriptive and prescriptivegrammar...
... Preview: asking questions. (Chapter 5) , . I Diwctions: This exercise previews some of the grammar in this ch&. Create questions that fit the given answers. Discuss question forms. ... morning. 5. Rita called me on the phone to tell me the good news. She (pass) her final exam in English. 6. I couldn't think. The people around me (make) too much noise. Finally, I gave...
... your pen? (c) Can I please bormw your pen? POSSIBLE ANSWERS Yes. Yes. Of course. Yes. Certainly. Of course. Certainly. Sure. (informal) Okay. (informal) Uh-huh. (meaning "yes") ... money. .i' *American Engliah: swy, rroriss; British English: mmy, smreyl (floors in a house). Amsricpn and British English: swrlv,swh = I&. 1 % CHAPTER 7 EXERCISE ... B: I'm not sure. It be on Channel Seven. Try that one first. 'In informal spoken English "I don't know" is oftm pronounced 9 dunno." 194 CHAPTER 7...
... and on the weekends. QuEsnoNs: Which musician showed a great deal of improvement during the course of a year? Which one didn't show as much improvement? 9. . One city provides clean ... object pronoun can be omitted from an adjective clause, as in (d) 1 and (0. In very formal English, a preposition comes at the beginning of an adjective clause, as in (e) and (j). The...
... (eat) around seven. 6. I like (meet) new people. 7. My roommate offered (help) me with my English. 8. I'd just begun (warch) a movie on TV when the phone rang. 9. Please stop ... leave for work this morning. 21. Sometimes when I'm listening to someone who is speaking English very fast, I nod my head and pretend (understand) 22. After Isabel got a speeding ticket ... with her Saturday, and she agreed the football game with me on Sunday. 18. I hope all of my courses this term. So far my grades have been pretty good. 19. I try class on time every day....
... was his first trip to Scandinavia. My Uncle Ernesto (speak) Spanish, of course, and also (know) a little 12 13 English, but he (know, not) any Norwegian. While he 14 (stay) in Norway, ... enough . . . . but too young . . . . .% 5 .&! '' 10. 1 how enough English . . . . but not enough . . . . . ~ ,? . : I , . .$ ,,, .;. I. h :. ... can also follow a noun: I &n't hovs monqy enough to bq har ear. In everyday English, however, enough usually comes in front of s noun. CI EXERCISE 32. TOO and...
... me? ~ Yes, of course. We do not use Do you like ? for a request, NOT DO YOU LIKE TO LIE THE TABLE FOR ME? It is always worth taking the trouble to use one of these request forms in English. We ... or in a more formal situation. Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to Oxford Street, please? NOT Tell-me-the way to Oxford Street-please. Would you mind sending me a copy of your catalogue? ... I saw him hat this morning. 53 Might/could/must have been page 379 Mustn't in American English t> 51A Could in suggestions 50 Asking people to do things A Polite requests We can...
... This is about Claire, and it tells us what she received them. received. It is quite normal in English for a person to be the subject in a passive sentence like the one about Claire. Mike was...