Collins Cobuild English Grammar (222 page)

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•concessive clauses
8.65

8.72
•conditional clauses
8.25

8.42
•place clauses
8.73

8.77
•purpose clauses
8.43

8.48
•reason clauses
8.49

8.53
•result clauses
8.54

8.64
•time clauses
8.8

8.24
cohesion
see
 
referring back
and
referring forward
collective nouns
1.47

1.51
list of collective nouns
1.51
colour adjectives
2.30

2.34
colour nouns
1.71
,
2.35
adding extra information to colour adjectives
2.31
approximate colours
2.32

2.33
linking colour adjectives
8.182
come
3.200
common nouns
1.3

1.4
comparative adjectives
2.103

2.111
position of comparative adjectives
2.55
in front of a noun
2.104
after a linking verb
2.105
used as nouns
2.109
modifying comparatives adjectives
2.157

2.163
irregular forms
6.32

6.35
formation
R20

R31
comparative adverbs
6.30

6.35
,
R150

R154
forms
6.31
structures
6.35
formation and irregular forms
R151

R154
comparing things
2.103

2.139
,
8.80

8.82
comparison of colour adjectives
2.34
structures used after comparatives
2.106
position
2.107
more
and
more than
2.108
with
less
2.110
contrasted comparatives
2.111
with
like
2.132

2.134
adjectives meaning
the same
2.138
modifying adjectives used in comparisons
2.139
with
like
and
as
6.106

6.108
,
6.119
with
than
6.119
complement
3.127
,
8.70
,
9.1
,
9.21
see also
 
linking verbs
complete
2.36
compound adjectives
2.16
,
2.94

2.102
formation
2.95

2.96
compound qualitative adjectives
2.97
compound classifying adjectives
2.98
compound colour adjectives
2.99
long compound adjectives
2.100

2.101
foreign compound adjectives
2.102
compound nouns
1.83

1.92
two words, one word or a hyphen?
1.84
lists of compound nouns
1.85

1.88
from phrasal verbs
1.89
plural forms
1.91

1.92
expressing age
2.259
compound verbs
3.117

3.125
written forms of compound verbs
3.119
forms of compound verbs
3.120

3.121
intransitive compound verbs
3.122
transitive compound verbs
3.123

3.124
inflecting compound verbs
3.125
conditional clauses
8.25

8.42
summary of uses
8.25
beginning with
if
or
unless
8.26
in imperative structures
8.27
choice of tense
8.28

8.32
things that often happen
8.29
things that often happened in the past
8.30
possible situations
8.31
things that might happen in the future
8.32

8.33
unlikely situations
8.34
what might have been
8.35
omission of
if
with
should
,
were
, or
had
8.36
contractions
n’t
for
not
5.59

5.60
,
5.102
,
5.247
of
will
and
would
5.106
of auxiliaries
R80
conjunctions
8.2

8.5
,
10.55
subordinating conjunctions
8.4
coordinating conjunctions
8.5
functions
8.153
emphasizing
8.194

8.199
coordination
8.149

8.201
see also
 
linking words, phrases, and clauses together
list of coordinating conjunctions
8.149
copula
see
 
linking verbs
could
indicating ability in the past
5.110
,
5.116

5.119
indicating awareness
5.117
talking about general truths
5.118

5.119
indicating present possibility
5.124
making strong assertions
5.126
requesting permission in the past
5.142

5.143
giving instructions and appeals for help
5.158
making requests
5.162
making suggestions
5.181
showing politeness
5.217

5.218
expressing opinions
5.218
in reported clauses
7.54
could have
indicating possibility
5.115

5.139
indicating uncertainty
5.137
with negative for impossibility
5.139
could not
indicating impossibility
5.126
with comparatives for strong assertion
5.127
making requests
5.163
showing unwillingness
5.197

5.199
countable nouns
1.15

1.22
use of determiners
1.17
list of countable nouns
1.18
singular and plural forms
1.19
same form for singular and plural
1.20
singular form with plural meaning
1.21

1.22

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dare
and
daren’t
5.246

5.251
declarative form
5.6

5.9

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