A Grammar of Present-day French

according accusative adjectival adjective clause adjective may adjunction adverb phrases adverbial agree antecedent article assumption auxiliary becomes cling colloquial comparison compound tenses conjunction construction dative denoting dependent clause dependent infinitive different direct object distinguishing mark Édouard VII Ellipsis ending English equivalent especially examples expressed fact feminine followed following follows formed French frequently function Future Perfect future tenses gender generally gerund given gnashes God forbid governed head clause Henri impersonal indefinite introduced J'ai language literary style logical subject masculine meaning mer Adriatique mood negative neuter never Newhaven Note number object pronouns occurs omitted parlais finissais vendais partitive noun past descriptive past historic past participle past perfect past tenses person personal plural precedes preposition prepositional pronominal relative pronoun remains rule same sentence sequence show singular sometimes sorti spoken stands statement stressed form subjunctive syllable take the stress thing Thus also time used usually verb word word-group