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A tone unit typically coincides with a clause, hence the clause may be considered the basic unit of grammar in spoken language, but tone units can also be phrases or single words: Complete tone units:stressed syllables in bold capitals. . I’m LOOking for a PENcil.
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Professor Ronald Carter is Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English Studies, University of Nottingham. He has published extensively in the fields of language education, applied linguistics and literary-linguistic studies. He is co-author of Exploring Spoken English and Exploring Grammar in Context, and co-editor of The Cambridg...
The Cambridge Grammar Reference Panel is a group of eminent and experienced applied linguists and teachers of English who have collaborated with the publisher and authors in the development of the Cambridge Grammar of English. The panel members have contributed to workshops, commented on draft chapters and generously offered their time, advice and ...
In relation to a huge book such as this one, which has been some seven years in the writing, many colleagues and other scholars have been influential in our thinking and have directly or indirectly influenced the content and wording of the grammar as it is now published. Some names deserve a special expression of our gratitude. First and foremost w...
Development of this publication has made use of the Cambridge International Corpus (CIC). The CIC is a computerised database of contemporary spoken and written English which currently stands at 700 million words. It includes British English, American English and other varieties of English. It also includes the Cambridge Learner Corpus, developed in...
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These explanations are designed to help you learn the specific English grammar rules for the tenses and to identify common (often more flexible) usage. The complexity of the tenses and their uses often arises from native English speakers’ ability to bend the rules of the language.
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The Oxford Guide to English Grammar is a systematic account of grammatical forms and the way they are used in standard British English today. The emphasis is on meanings and how they govern the...
Grammar for Academic Writing provides a selective overview of the key areas of English grammar that you need to master, in order to express yourself correctly and appropriately in academic writing. Those areas include the basic distinctions of meaning in the verb tense system, the use of modal verbs to express.
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