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A STUDENT'S GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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Contents Preface The English language 2 A general framework

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Verbs and auxiliaries

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Adjectives and adverbs

8 The semantics and grammar of adverbials r..

0J Prepositions and prepositional phrases

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and Associated Compallies throl4gnouJ the world.

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Quirk, G.

Leech, J. Svanvik 1990

All righll reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, Slored in a retrieval system, or transmitted

in any fonn or by any means, electronic, mechanical, pholOCOpying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission or the Publishers. First published 1990

Si1th impression 1993

ISBN 0 58205971.2 (paperback)

ISBN 0 58207569.6 (Cased) Set in MonophOlO Times Printed in Hong Kong SWTfJ6

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