A Textbook of English Grammar and Usage

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ISBN 9789394524040

Publication Date Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 UTC 2007

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A Textbook of English Grammar and Usage has its emphasis on practical usage. It deals with conventional grammar topics such as sentences, clauses, phrases, parts of speech, nouns, pronouns, determiners, articles, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, tenses, prepositions and conjunctions. The book focuses on areas of usage that poses problems for learners of English as a Second language including articles, auxiliaries, subject-verb agreement, direct and indirect speech, conditional clauses, question tags, active and passive voice, short forms, tenses propositions and the like.

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Sentences, Clauses and Phrases
Chapter 2 Parts of Speech
Chapter 3 Nouns
- Nouns–Countable and Uncountable
- Nouns–The Plural Number
- Nouns–Genitive or Possessive Forms
Chapter 4 Pronouns
- Personal Pronouns
- Reflective Pronouns
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Distributive Pronouns
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Reciprocal Pronouns
Chapter 5 Determiners
Chapter 6 Articles
- Indefinite Article—A/An
- Definite Article—The
- A/An, One/Ones
- Zero Article
Chapter 7 Adjectives
- Nouns Used as Adjectives
- The Order of Adjectives
- Adjectives—Comparison
Chapter 8 Verbs
- Main Verbs and Auxiliaries
- Verbs—Transitive and Intransitive
- Verbs—Finites and Non-finites
- Linking Verbs
- Regular and Irregular Verbs
- Phrasal Verbs
- Infinitives
- Verbs Followed by an Infinitive
- Split Infinitive
- Gerunds
- Participles
- The Participial Construction
- The Misrelated Participle
- Auxiliary Verbs
  - Modals
  - Short Forms
  - Negative Short Forms
  - Formation of the Negative
  - Formation of the Interrogative
  - Formation of the Negative Question
  - Short Answers
  - Formation of the Question Tag—I
  - Formation of the Question Tag —II
  - Inversion of Subject and Verb
Chapter 9 Adverbs
- Adverbs—Comparison
- Comparison—as…as, not as…as/not so…as and less
- Adverbs—Positions in Sentences
- Mid-position Adverbs
Chapter 10 Some Common Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 11 Tenses and Their Uses
- The Simple Present Tense
- The Present Progressive Tense
- Non-progressive Verbs
- The Present Perfect Tense
- The Present Perfect Progressive Tense
- The Simple Past Tense
- The Past Progressive Tense
- The Past Perfect Tense
- The Simple Future Tense
- The Future Progressive Tense
- The Future Perfect Tense
- The Future Perfect Progressive Tense
- The Sequence of Tenses
Chapter 12 Concord or Agreement
Chapter 13 Conditional Sentences
- Type 1: Probable Conditions
- Type 2: Improbable Conditions
- Type 3: Impossible Conditions
- Zero Type
Chapter 14 Direct and Indirect Speech
- Change of Pronouns
- Change of Adverbs of Time and Place
- Change of Tenses
- Reporting Statements
- Reporting Questions
- Reporting Commands or Imperative Sentences
- Reporting Exclamations
- Some Problems in Reported Speech
Chapter 15 Active and Passive Voice
Chapter 16 Questions
Chapter 17 Clause Structure
- Sentence Classification Based on Clause Structure
- Types of Subordinate Clauses
- Noun Clauses
- Adjective Clauses
- Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses
- Relative Adverbs
- Adverb Clauses
Chapter 18 Prepositions
- The Classification of Prepositions
- Prepositions in Use (A to Z)
Chapter 19 Conjunctions
Chapter 20 Transformation of Sentences
- Interchange of Affirmative and Negative Sentences
  - Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences
  - Statements and Questions
  - Active and Passive Sentences
  - Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences
  - Degrees of Comparison
  - One Part of Speech for Another
Chapter 21 Synthesis of Sentences
Answers
Index

K V Joseph is a retired professor of S B College, Changanassery, Kerala. He holds a masters degree in English language and literature and bachelors degree in Political Science. His teaching experience spans three decades. A prolific writer, he has authored a number of books including College Grammar and Composition, Treasures of Modern Prose, Macmillan Grammar: A Handbook, 100 Tests in Grammar and usage, An English Companion 2/e and An English Companion: Student Edition

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