A Concise Book of ENGLISH GRAMMAR

序
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Karen-Jane Hills
Preface & Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
1. Terminology and Definitions
-Word -Verb -Phrase -Clause -Sentence -Ungrammatical Sentence
2. Overview
-The Structure of the English Sentence
3. Phrases
-Different Kinds of Phrases
4. Dependent Clauses
-Different Kinds of Dependent Clauses
5. Types of Sentences
-Different Kinds of Sentences
6. Verb Tenses
-Verb Tenses -Non-continuous Verbs
7. Voice
-Structures & Usage of the Two Voices
8. Infinitives & Gerunds
-Infinitives -Gerunds -Verb-verb Combinations
9. Phrasal Verbs
-Structure of Phrasal Verbs -Function of Phrasal Verbs -Different Kinds of Phrasal Verbs
-Some Commonly Used Phrasal Verbs
10. Subjunctive Mood
-Usage of Subjunctive Mood -Structures Used for Subjunctive Mood
11. Hope and Wish
-Usage of “hope” -Usage of “wish”
12. Conditional Clauses
-Different Kinds of Conditional Clauses -Mixture of “Dreams” and “Facts”
-A Possible Transformation
13. Mixture of Real & Unreal Expressions
-Real & Real -Unreal & Unreal -Unreal & Real -Real & Unreal
14. Structures of Urgency
-Verbs of Urgency -Adjectives of Urgency -Nouns of Urgency
15. Auxiliaries
-Some Common Traits Shared by All the Auxiliaries -The Confusing “have”
16. Modals
-Kinds of Modals & Their Meanings
17. Past of Modals
-Structure of Past of Modals and Their Meanings
18. Nouns
-Countable & Uncountable Nouns -Collective Nouns -Quantity Nouns
-Ways to Form Plurals -Portions of Nouns -Subjective-Verb Agreement
-Noun-Pronoun Agreement
19. Articles
-General Usage of Articles -Generic Expressions of Nouns
20. Noun Phrases
-Different Kinds of Noun Phrases
21. Noun Clauses
-Different Kinds of Noun Clauses - Abridgement of Noun Clauses into Noun Phrases

序
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Karen-Jane Hills
Preface & Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
1. Terminology and Definitions
-Word -Verb -Phrase -Clause -Sentence -Ungrammatical Sentence
2. Overview
-The Structure of the English Sentence
3. Phrases
-Different Kinds of Phrases
4. Dependent Clauses
-Different Kinds of Dependent Clauses
5. Types of Sentences
-Different Kinds of Sentences
6. Verb Tenses
-Verb Tenses -Non-continuous Verbs
7. Voice
-Structures & Usage of the Two...