... definitions, so we have many English grammars (or grammar books),
which vary in their coverage and their accuracy. The largest English dictionary
is the scholarly twenty-volume OxfordEnglish Dictionary, ... (1.7-10)
Standard English 14
Variation In standard English 15
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.9
1.10
The spread of English in second-
language countries 8
English pidgins and
English as an international
language 12
Correct English ... 16
Good English 17
Chapter 2
The Scope and Nature of
Grammar
Summary
What is grammar? (2.1-3)
2.1 Types of grammar books 23 2.3 Theories of grammar 25
2.2 Descriptive and prescriptive
grammar...
...
exactly alike.
15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time.
29
A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
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1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... now.
19 I . . . a very interesting conversation with the milkman when my
neighbour interrupted me.
20 English people always . . . roast beef for lunch on Sundays?
21 It is difficult to learn a foreign ... get me some aspirin when you're at the chemist's.
have: possessive
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In British English, have meaning possess is not normally conjugatec with do except when
there is an idea of...
... Martinet. Oxford English.
4. Longman English Grammar.
L. G. Alexander. Longman.
5. Oxford Practice Grammar- Intermediate.
J. Eastwood. Oxford.
6. Oxford Practice Grammar- Advanced.
G. Yule. Oxford.
7. ...
RECOMMENDED READING
1. EnglishGrammar in Use.
R. Murphy. CUP.
2. Understanding and Using English Grammar.
B. S. Azar & D. A. Azar. Prentice Hall Regents.
3. A Practical English Grammar.
A. J. ... Without/But for you I wouldn’t go on that trip.
Without/But for that drug, I’d have died.
GRAMMAR COURSE - I
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