Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; 1 Intro; 2 WORD CLASS; 3 NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES; 4 VERBS AND VERB PHRASES; 5 CLAUSES, SVOCA ANALYSIS, CLAUSE AND SENTENCE TYPES; 6 VARIATIONS IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE; 7 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT; 8 PUNCTUATION; Grammar Detective SUGGESTEDANSWERS.
Summary
Ever wondered why we can say "Maria made the boy cry" but not "Maria made the boy crying"? Or why "Two coffees, please" is acceptable, but "Melvin loves coffees" is generally wrong? Or why we say "It has been raining since ten", even though nobody asks "What did you say has been raining"? These are some puzzles that will be examined in The Nuts and Bolts of English Grammar. This book will help you understand what English grammar is and how it works. It will show how English combines parts of words to form longer words, how words change their form and combine with other words to form phrases, a.
