... 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 people speak ... usage.
Some great grammars of English for example Otto Jespersen's A Modern EnglishGrammar
support each statement with citations from published books, just as the major dictionaries of
English ... compilers. It is 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 the huge...
... which form the basis of
English grammar. This book is based on the
English Grammar
and the grammatical
information in it is all drawn from this work.
English GrammarPractice
has been designed ... require further grammatical information can refer to the
English Grammar.
How the material is organized
English GrammarPractice
is a practice book. It is intended to support (not replace) the ... do we learn grammar?
There is no point in learning grammar for the sake of learning grammar. Grammar is the support
system of communication and we learn it to communicate better. Grammar explains...
... several notes.
exercise
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8. ... rules of grammar is not enough. This book will also provide you with
abundant practice in using English grammar. The more you practice, the more you become pro-
ficient in how you use English and ... understand English?
8. Does the boy feel better?
9. Are you in the garden?
10. Do we have enough money?
exercise
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exactly alike.
15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time.
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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...
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English language. Grammar
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Longman English ...
information
can
refer
to
the
Longman
English
Grammar.
How the material is organized
Longman
English
Grammar
Practice
is
a
practice
book.
It
is
intended
to
support
...
based
on
the
Longman
English
Grammar
and
the
grammatical
information
in
it
is
all
drawn
from
this
work.
Longman
English
Grammar
Practice
has
been
designed
...