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Mysteries of English grammar : a guide to complexities of the English language / Andreea S. Calude and Laurie Bauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calude, Andreea S., author.
- Bauer, Laurie, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Grammar.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Taylor and Francis, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- What you must say, what you can say and what you do not say : grammar and norm
- Over and out : prepositions
- You'll never get nowhere : double negatives
- All the way from the ukraine : the definite article
- A large amount of exceptions : countability
- The author has finished this chapter last year : the present perfect
- An even interestinger topic : comparatives and superlatives
- I'm lovin' it : the progressive
- The good, the bad and the ugly : adjectives
- What it is is a nonstandard feature : double be construction
- Human dogs and inhuman people : gender and related matters
- The chapter that I put too many pronouns in it : shadow pronouns
- There's heaps of money to be won : number agreement
- Because i'm worth it : insubordinate clauses
- They are cleverer than she and I : pronominal case
- Is that your wife again : possession.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781000451696
- 1000451690
- Publisher Number:
- 99988509132
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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