Collins Cobuild English Grammar (223 page)

making promises
5.8

defining relative clauses
8.89
–
8.108
,
8.144
–
8.145

delexical verbs
3.32
–
3.45

list of delexical verbs
3.33

relative pronouns in defining clauses
8.89

referring to people
8.90

referring to things
8.91

use after pronouns
8.145

demonstrative adjectives
1.184
–
1.193

demonstrative pronouns:
this
,
that
,
these
and
those
1.5
,
1.124
–
1.127

determiners
1.162
–
1.250

•
a
and
an
1.228
–
1.229

•demonstratives
1.184
–
1.193

•possessive determiners
1.194
–
1.207

•
the
1.163
–
1.83

list of definite determiners
1.163

this
,
that
,
these
, and
those
1.184

list of indefinite determiners
1.223

using nouns without determiners
1.227

modifying determiners
1.248

difference
2.157
–
2.168

direct object
see
 
object

direct speech
7.16
–
7.26

changing the order of the subject and the reporting verb
7.25

punctuation of quotes
7.26

ditransitive verbs
3.7
,
3.73
–
3.82
,
9.20

lists
3.82

in the passive
9.20

do

as delexical verb
3.33

for emphasis
5.9

as auxiliary
5.13
,
5.24
,
5.54
,
5.67
,
5.250

used in forming question tags
5.16

replacing a verb phrase when words are left out
10.63

duration
4.123
–
4.134

noun phrases that express duration
4.133

start and end times
4.142

during
4.103
–
4.104
,
4.121

dynamic verbs
R120

—————— E ——————

each

as subject
1.144

as pronoun
1.154
,
1.156

for emphasis
1.156

used instead of personal pronoun
1.224
,
1.243

as indefinite determiner
1.243

each of
and
each one of
as quantity expressions
2.186

each other
and
one another

as reciprocal pronouns
1.142
–
1.143

with reciprocal verbs
3.70

-ed
adjectives
2.15
,
2.77
–
2.93

form and meaning
2.81
–
2.82

modifying
-ed
adjectives
2.85
–
2.86

with an active meaning
2.87

after linking verbs
2.88
–
2.90

formed from nouns
2.91

unrelated to verbs or nouns
2.92
–
2.93

-ed
participle
2.293
,
2.300
,
3.201
,
3.212
,
8.137
–
8.138
,
8.142
–
8.143
,
R71
–
R80

get
with an
-ed
participle
3.201

want
and
need
with an
-ed
participle
3.212

either
1.224
,
1.242
,
8.156

as quantity expression with
of
2.179
,
2.182

used with
or
for emphasis
8.197

either/or
-questions
5.20

ellipsis
see
 
leaving words out

else
1.138

with indefinite pronouns
1.138

with indefinite place adverbs
6.63

else
and
or else
in result clauses
8.64

elsewhere
6.63

emphasis

using reflexive pronouns
1.114
,
1.116
–
1.117
,
3.29
–
3.30

using
all
,
both
, or
each
1.156

emphasizing
the
1.181

emphasizing numbers and amounts
1.242
,
1.244
.
2.214
,
2.224

emphasizing adjectives
2.36
–
2.39
,
6.49
–
6.50

submodifying adverbs emphasizing adjectives
2.148

emphasizing frequency
4.24

emphasizing duration
4.129

using
do
,
does
, or
did
5.9

emphasizing
wh-
questions
5.34

using
never
followed by
do
5.67

putting the adverbial first
6.8
,
6.82

emphasizing coordinating conjunctions
8.194
–
8.199

using split sentences
9.25
–
9.30

using sentence adverbials
9.62
–
9.64

fronting
9.69
–
9.72

emphasizing adjectives
2.36
–
2.39
,
6.49

emphasizing adverbs
6.49
,
6.50
–
6.50

enough

as determiner
1.224
–
1.225
,
1.241

with adjectives
2.150

as quantity expression with
of
2.179
,
2.185

in sentence adverbials
9.81

ergative verbs
3.59
–
3.67

even
1.128
–
1.139

with comparatives
2.160

even if
in conditional clauses
8.39

even though
in concessive clauses
8.67

ever

as frequency expression
4.114

after negative words for emphasis
5.90

every

structures used with
every-
1.139

as determiner
1.224
,
1.243

in frequency expressions
4.114

everybody
1.128
–
1.139

everyone
1.128
–
1.139

everything
1.128
–
1.139

everywhere
6.61
–
6.64
,
6.71
–
6.72
,
6.99
,
8.76

except
8.69

exclamations
9.91
–
9.94

expectation
5.131
,
5.134

—————— F ——————

far
1.246

modifying determiners
1.248

with
how
in
wh-
questions
5.32

followed by adverbs of position
6.59

as adverb of destination
6.65

feelings
2.36

few
1.246

as determiner
1.224
,
1.241

a few
as determiner
1.247

after
too
2.153