... 287(3)
part 178(6)
part with 233 (2)
participate in 233(2)
participle
summary 134
as adjective 203
before noun 137
pattern with there 50(3)
see also active participle, passive
participle
participle ... passive
participle
participle clause 134, 136
participle relative clause 276
particle: see phrasal verb
particulars 154(1a)
partitive of 144(3), 147(6)
parts of speech 3
party: group noun 1...
... a lot of British people in this part of Spain.
The nouns Brit and Briton are not very usual in spoken British English.
There are a lot of Brits/Britons in this part of Spain.
This usage is rather ... we say the British.
The British prefer houses to flats.
d With some words, the noun has the suffix man
He's English. /He's an Englishman.
Englishmen are reserved.
Also: Welsh/a...
... Negatives and questions with have to and have got to
GB/US: You don't have to go. Do you have to go?
GB only: You haven't got to go. Have you got to go?
d Got and gotten
GB: He's ... NOT molten ice.
a learned professor
a blessed relief
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American English
302 Summary
The grammar of British English and American English is very similar. There are a
few differe...
... is a noun referring to something that we can see
or touch, e.g. man, bottle, grass, shop. An abstract noun refers to an idea, quality
or action, something we cannot see or touch, e.g. science, ... form with be and an active participle, e.g. The film is starting
now. • 61(4)
continuous infinitive e.g. to be doing, to be working
co-ordinate clause a clause linked to another by and, bu...
... plural noun like jeans, pyjamas, glasses • 155
participle See active participle, past participle, passive participle.
participle clause a clause with a participle as its verb, e.g. Arriving home, ... sentence Someone stole my coat is active, but My coat was stolen is
passive. A passive verb has be and a passive participle: was stolen. • 103
passive gerund e.g. No one likes being made to loo...
... 301
Some special participle forms come before a noun.
a drunken riot
300 List of irregular verbs
Base form Past tense Past/passive participle
Base form Past tense Past/passive participle
PAGE ... is part of a person's name: Mr and Mrs Grundy the
Grundys.
d We do not change y in by: stand-bys, lay-bys.
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2 We keep y before i.
copy copying hurry hurrying
NOTE
We change ie to ......
... verb 62(1)
+ to- infinitive 76,127(4b)
weak form 55(1b)
be able to 98(2, 3)
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be about to 78(1a)
past 80(3)
be allowed to 94(3)
be bound to 78(2) Note, 95(1) Note b
be due to 78(1c)
be ... 87(2)
+ to- infinitive 121(1), 124(1a)
verb and noun 287(1)
attend to 233(2)
attitude to/ towards 237(2h)
attributive adjective 199(2,3) 200(1)
comparison 218(3)
order 202(1, 2)...
... (2b) Note a
+ object + to- infinitive 122(2b)
required to 92(1a) Note c
research (noun)
research into 237(2j), 262(5) Note
uncountable 144(4b)
research (verb): research into 233(2)
resemble
+ object ... 99(4)
shout
shout at /to 233(3c) Note c
shout out 232(2)
verb of reporting 265(2)
show
+ noun clause 262(1c, 1d)
passive patterns 108(3), 109
with to 10(5)
+ object + to- infinitive 122...