English Grammar for Today: A New Introduction

addressee adjective phrase adverbial clause advertisement ambiguity answers brackets CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ chapter clause elements clause pattern clause structure closed class complement complex conjunctions construction coordination count nouns CRUZ The University derived structure dialect discourse domain effect ellipsis English grammar example Figure function labels genitive phrase Geoffrey Leech gradable identify illustrate infinitive kind Library The University linguistic main clause main verb mass nouns meaning modifiers non-finite clauses normally noun clause noun phrase object occur open classes parsing Ph Ph plural postmodifier predicator premodifiers prepositional phrase prescriptive grammar prescriptive rules pronoun question relative clause SANTA CRUZ SP Oi speakers spoken language style subordinate clauses subordinate phrases Table tenor tree diagrams try Exercise typical University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA usage Vauxhall Chevette verb phrase Ving word classes written language Μν