Collins Cobuild English Grammar (227 page)

uses
5.94
–
5.98
,
5.107
–
5.220

special features
5.99
,
5.106

no inflections
5.101

negatives
5.102

questions
5.103

question tags
5.104

contractions
5.105
–
5.106

referring to time
5.107

for talking about the future
5.128
–
5.132

expressions used instead of modals
5.221
–
5.245

modifiers
1.8
,
1.45
,
2.2
–
2.174

in noun phrases starting with
the
1.176

in noun phrases starting with
a/an
1.231

mood
see
 
declarative form, interrogative form
and
imperative

more

as determiner
1.224
–
1.225
,
1.246

and
more than
2.108

as comparative quantity expression with
of
2.189

in comparative structures
6.52
,
R21
,
R26

most

as determiner
1.224
–
1.225
,
1.241

as submodifying adverb
2.113

in superlative structures
6.52
,
R21
,
R26

much

as determiner
1.225
,
1.244

after
too
2.153

with
how
in
wh-
questions
5.32

much
and
very much
as adverbs of degree
6.52

must

expressing belief
5.123

indicating certainty about the future
5.130

must not
for talking about undesirable actions
5.150
–
5.151

inviting persuasively
5.178
–
5.179

making persuasive suggestions
5.183

expressing intentions
5.192
–
5.193

indicating importance
5.210
,
5.215

my
1.194
–
2.206

myself
1.111
–
1.118
–
3.31

—————— N ——————

names
see
 
proper nouns

necessity
5.211
–
5.212

need
5.246
–
5.251

used with another main verb
3.191
,
3.198
,
3.212

with an
-ed
participle
3.212

need to
used instead of
must
5.243

as semi-modal
5.246
–
5.251

needn’t
5.247

negative possibility
5.125
,
5.138

negative statements
5.47
–
5.91

•broad negatives
5.80
–
5.86

•
neither
5.75
–
5.79

•
never
5.64
–
5.68

•
no
5.69
–
5.70

•
no one
5.73
–
5.74

•
none
5.72

•
nor
5.75
–
5.79

•
not
5.52
–
5.63

•
nothing
5.73
–
5.74

•
nowhere
5.73
–
5.74

list of negative words
5.47

using
any
as a determiner
5.49

position in verb phrase
5.53

adding
do
5.54

position with
-ing
forms and
to
-infinitives
5.57

contractions of
not
5.59
–
5.60

emphasis in
5.67
,
5.88
–
5.91

words beginning with
no-
5.73

with modals
5.102

neither
5.75
–
5.79

as determiner
1.224

with
nor
to express alternatives
5.75
–
5.79

in replies
5.76
–
5.77

position in clause
5.77

with singular nouns
5.78

as quantity expression with
of
5.79

neither … nor
linking adjectives or adverbs
8.187
–
8.188

never
5.64

as negative adverb
4.114

position in verb phrase
5.64

used with
do
as auxiliary for emphasis
5.67

in imperatives
5.68

next

showing position in a sequence
2.232
,
2.237

with time reference to express future
4.63

used for referring forward
10.44

no
5.69
–
5.70

structures used with
no-
1.141

with comparative adjectives
2.163

no longer
4.83

as determiner
5.69
–
5.70
,
1.224
–
1.225

using
n’t
with
any
instead of
no
5.70

with comparative adverbs
6.35

nobody
1.128
–
1.141
,
5.73
–
5.74

nominal relative clauses
8.112
–
8.116

nominal
that
-clauses
8.117
–
8.118

for commenting on a fact or idea
8.122
–
8.125

non-defining non-finite clauses
8.88
,
8.129
–
8.145

non-defining relative clauses
8.104
,
8.85
–
8.86
,
8.132
–
8.143

relative pronouns in non-defining clauses
8.92

for commenting on a fact
8.110

for commenting on a time or situation
8.111

none
5.71

as negative pronoun
5.71

none of
5.72

non-finite clauses
8.129
,
8.162
–
8.163

with
-ed
participle
8.138
,
8.142
–
8.143

non-finite verbs
R124

no one
1.128
–
1.141
,
5.73
–
5.74

nor
5.75
–
5.79

with
neither
to express alternatives
5.75
–
5.79

linking negative clauses
5.77
,
8.156

with
neither
for emphasis
8.198

not
5.52

position in verb phrase
5.53
,
5.57
–
5.58

with
have
and
have got
5.54
,
5.56

with
do
as auxiliary
5.55

shortened to
n’t
5.59
–
5.60
,
5.102

with
very
and other submodifying adverbs
5.62

used for contrast
5.63
,
8.199

linking noun phrases
8.172

after
if
10.25

with reporting verbs
10.26

nothing
1.128
–
1.141
,
5.73
–
5.74

noun modifiers
2.169
–
2.174

singular and plural forms
2.170

using more than one noun modifier
2.171

used with adjectives
2.172

use of proper nouns
2.173
–
2.174

noun phrases
1.1
–
1.12

see also
 
nouns