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Zusatztext 'I found this neat workbook challenging! often puzzling! ultimately rewarding. A fresh broom making short shrift of my cobwebs! I see English grammar now in a new way. Hudson is refreshing in his indifference to ancient taboos! of split infinitives and the like. This is a stimulating book for practical class teaching and for use by individuals. It is recommended for lending stock.' - Language & Literature Informationen zum Autor Richard Hudson is Professor of Linguistics at University College London, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the Language Workbooks Series Editor and his publications include Word Meaning (1995) and Teaching Grammar (1992). Klappentext English Grammar: * helps users to understand grammatical concepts * encourages the reader to practise applying newly discovered concepts to everyday texts * teaches students to analyze almost every word in any English text * provides teachers and students with a firm grounding in a system which they can both understand and apply. Zusammenfassung Routledge Language Workbooks are practical introductions to specific areas of language for absolute beginners. They provide comprehensive coverage of the areas as well as a basis for further study. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Word-classes: nouns and verbs 2. Noun expansions: heads, dependents and adjectives 3.Linking words: prepositions and coordinators 4.Subclassification: pronouns, determiners and other nouns 5. Verb expansions: subjects, objects, 'sharers' and adverbs 6. Verb chains: auxiliary and full verbs and finiteness 7. Fancy verb chains: to , that, not and clauses 8. Subordinate clause clues 9. Subordinate clause uses 10.Sentence and information: it, there, apposition and punctuation
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1. Word-classes: nouns and verbs 2. Noun expansions: heads, dependents and adjectives 3.Linking words: prepositions and coordinators 4.Subclassification: pronouns, determiners and other nouns 5. Verb expansions: subjects, objects, 'sharers' and adverbs 6. Verb chains: auxiliary and full verbs and finiteness 7. Fancy verb chains: to , that, not and clauses 8. Subordinate clause clues 9. Subordinate clause uses 10.Sentence and information: it, there, apposition and punctuation
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'I found this neat workbook challenging, often puzzling, ultimately rewarding. A fresh broom making short shrift of my cobwebs! I see English grammar now in a new way. Hudson is refreshing in his indifference to ancient taboos, of split infinitives and the like. This is a stimulating book for practical class teaching and for use by individuals. It is recommended for lending stock.' - Language & Literature
