Collins Cobuild English Grammar (225 page)

hundred
2.221

hundreds
used for emphasis
2.224

hyphens
1.84
,
2.78
,
2.100
,
3.119

—————— I ——————

I
1.96
,
1.97

if

after
what
in
wh-
questions
5.33

in conditional clauses
8.26
,
8.37

if-
clauses

used to report questions
7.35

list of verbs that come before
if-
clauses
7.36

followed by
then
8.26

imperative
5.35

making appeals
5.37

giving explanations
5.38

with
let
5.39

forbidding
5.149

giving instructions
5.168

imperial measurements
2.251

impersonal
it
9.5
,
9.31
–
9.45

describing a place or situation
9.34

as an object
9.35

describing the weather
9.36

giving times and dates
9.37

talking about the time
9.38

followed by linking verb
9.39

commenting on a fact that you are about to mention
9.42
,
9.43

importance
5.209
–
5.216
,
5.242
–
5.245

impossibility

in

expressing age
2.260

describing what someone is wearing
2.285

in time expressions
4.94

in frequency expressions
4.121

for end of a period
4.130
–
4.131

with general or specific time
4.132

referring to position
6.89

extended meanings
6.121

used with verbs in the passive
9.16

indefinite determiners
1.223
–
1.250

with uncountable nouns
1.225
,
1.226

a/an
1.228
–
1.235

some
1.236
–
1.238

any
1.239

enough
1.241

all
,
both
and
either
1.242

each
and
every
1.243

little
and
much
1.244

more
,
less
and
fewer
1.246

no
5.69

indefinite direction
6.71

indefinite place adverbs
6.61

indefinite pronouns
1.6
,
1.128
–
1.141

used with personal pronouns and possessive determiners
1.132
–
1.133

used with
else
1.138

indicative
see
 
declarative

indirect object
3.6

in phrases that begin with a preposition
3.74

with
to
3.76

with
for
3.77
–
3.81

of verbs with two objects
6.113

indirect speech
see
 
reported speech

-ing
adjectives
2.15
,
2.63
–
2.76

describing an effect
2.64
–
2.67

describing a process or state
2.68
–
2.72

form and meaning
2.73
–
2.76

infinitives
R124
–
R135

infinitive without
to
R127

-ing
forms
R133
–
R134

-ing
nouns
1.77
–
1.82

used with adjectives
1.80
,
1.81

-ing
participle:
2.293
,
2.301
,
3.190
–
3.191
,
3.204
,
8.71
,
8.72
,
8.88
,
8.133
–
8.136
,
8.139
–
8.141
,
R59
–
R70

verbs followed by an
-ing
participle
3.190
–
3.191

after possessive determiner
3.203

-ing
participle clauses
8.71
–
8.72
,
8.88

events happening at the same time
8.133

one action after another
8.134

reasons
8.135
–
8.136

in non-defining clauses
8.141

instructions
5.41
,
5.154
–
5.158
,
5.165
,
5.233
–
5.234

firm instructions:
will
5.166

imperative
5.168

intensifiers
see
 
submodifying adverbs

intentions
5.188
–
5.193
,
5.235
–
5.238

reporting intentions and hopes
7.45
–
7.47

interjections
see
 
exclamations

interrogative adverbs
see
 
wh-
words

interrogative form
5.10
–
5.34

see also
 
questions