Joining Sentences

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Contents

Introduction

VII

Acknowledgements

VIII

Key to symbols

IX

Sentence and text

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

English grammar

The simple sentence

Statements, questions, imperatives and exclamations

Questions and answers

Leaving out and replacing words

Information and emphasis

Spoken English and written English

1

6

15

25

42

52

64

Verb forms

8

9

10

11

12

13

The verb phrase

Verb tenses and aspects

The future

Be, have and do

Modal verbs

The passive

75

82

95

104

113

130

Infinitive, gerund and participles

14 The infinitive

15 The gerund

16

Participles

144

159

167

The noun phrase

17

18

19

20...