... the book.
When we compare grammars for their coverage and accuracy, we are referring
to the contents of the book: a grammar is a book on grammar, just as a history
is a book on history.
Grammars ... definitions, so we have many English grammars (or grammar books),
which vary in their coverage and their accuracy. The largest English dictionary
is the scholarly twenty-volume OxfordEnglish Dictionary, ... 16
Good English 17
Chapter 2
The Scope and Nature of
Grammar
Summary
What is grammar? (2.1-3)
2.1 Types of grammar books 23 2.3 Theories of grammar 25
2.2 Descriptive and prescriptive
grammar...
...
exactly alike.
15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time.
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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... now.
19 I . . . a very interesting conversation with the milkman when my
neighbour interrupted me.
20 English people always . . . roast beef for lunch on Sundays?
21 It is difficult to learn a foreign ... (carry) the corpse down the stairs when he (hear) a knock on the door.
10 When I (look) through your books I (notice) that you have a copy of Murder in the
Cathedral.
11 As they (walk) along the road...
... Martinet. Oxford English.
4. Longman English Grammar.
L. G. Alexander. Longman.
5. Oxford Practice Grammar- Intermediate.
J. Eastwood. Oxford.
6. Oxford Practice Grammar- Advanced.
G. Yule. Oxford.
7. ...
RECOMMENDED READING
1. EnglishGrammar in Use.
R. Murphy. CUP.
2. Understanding and Using English Grammar.
B. S. Azar & D. A. Azar. Prentice Hall Regents.
3. A Practical English Grammar.
A. J. ... Without/But for you I wouldn’t go on that trip.
Without/But for that drug, I’d have died.
GRAMMAR COURSE - I
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them (12)…………………………. (do) what you want. Experts recommend
(13)…………………………. (buy]
this marvellous book. You'd better (14)…………………………….(order)
your copy today.
Test 13C
Combine each pair of ... man died as a result of falling asleep while driving.
Test 13B
This is an advertisement for the book 'Winning in Business'. Put in the
correct form of each verb.
Are you fed up with...