Thomson, A.J.

A practical English Grammar / A.J. Thomson, A.V. Martinet - Fourth edition - 383 pages. ; 21 cm.

1. Articles -- 2. Nouns -- 3. Adjectives -- 4. Adverbs -- 5. all. each, every. both, neither, some , any, no, none -- 6. Interrogatives -- 7. Possesives, personal and refelxive pronous -- 8. Relative pronouns and clauses -- 9. Prepositions -- 10. Introduction to verbs -- 11. Be, have, do -- 12. May and can for permission and possibility -- 13. can and be able for ability -- 14. ought, should, must, have to, need for abligation -- 15. must have, will and should for deduction and assumption -- 16. The auxilary dare and used -- 17. the present tenses -- 18. the past and perfect tenses -- 19. the future -- 20. the sequence of tenses -- 21. The conditional -- 22. Others uses of will/would, shall / should -- 23. The infinitives -- 24. The gerund -- 25. infinitive and gerund constructions -- 26. the participles -- 27. Commands, requets, invitations, advice, suggestions -- 28. The subjuntive -- 29. care, like ,love, hate, prefer, wish -- 30. The passive voice -- 31. indirect speech -- 32. Conjunctions -- 33. Purpose -- 34. Clauses of reason, result, concession, comparison, time -- 35. Noun clauses -- 36. Numerals, dates and weight and measures -- 37. Spelling rules -- 38. Phrasal verbs -- 39. List of irregular verbs

Thomson and Martinet's classic intermediate grammar for foreign learners is the most widely used book of it is kind. It is popular because its explanations are clear and because it deals thoroughly with topics which students find most difficult.

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English language--Grammar
Grammar--Study and teaching

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