Table of Contents

1. Preliminaries; 2. The parts of speech: a preliminary outline; 3. Verbs; 4. The structure of kernel clauses; 5. Tense, aspect and modality; 6. Nouns and noun phrases; 7. Adjectives, determinatives and numerals; 8. Adverbs and prepositions; 9. Clause type; 10. Negation; 11. The subordination of clauses; 12. Thematic systems of the clause; 13. Coordination.

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A thorough and precise account of all the major areas of English grammar.