| Preface to the second edition |
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| Preface to the third edition |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Abbreviations |
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1 | (7) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (4) |
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8 | (12) |
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2.1 Archaisms in printed matter from pre-1947 |
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2.2 Recent changes to Dutch spelling |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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2.7 Medial letters in compound words |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (3) |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (7) |
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5.1 The indefinite article |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (5) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (32) |
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7.1 Rules for the gender of Dutch nouns |
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34 | (9) |
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43 | (11) |
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7.3 Feminizing masculine agents |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (9) |
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66 | (40) |
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66 | (14) |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (1) |
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8.4 Demonstrative pronouns |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (9) |
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95 | (7) |
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8.7 Interrogative pronouns |
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102 | (4) |
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106 | (27) |
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106 | (5) |
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9.2 The comparative of the adjective |
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111 | (3) |
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9.3 The superlative of the adjective |
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114 | (2) |
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9.4 Adjectives used only predicatively or attributively |
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116 | (1) |
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9.5 Predicative adjectives followed by prepositions |
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117 | (5) |
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9.6 Adjectives used as nouns |
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122 | (1) |
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9.7 Formation of adjectives |
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123 | (7) |
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9.8 Notes on some peculiarities of adjectives |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (36) |
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10.1 Comparative and superlative of adverbs |
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133 | (4) |
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10.2 Intensifying adverbs |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (16) |
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10.4 Adverbs of place and direction |
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155 | (3) |
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10.5 Interrogative adverbs |
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158 | (1) |
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10.6 Adverbial conjunctions |
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159 | (1) |
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10.7 Formation of adverbs |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (7) |
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169 | (121) |
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170 | (14) |
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184 | (7) |
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11.3 Alphabetical list of strong and irregular verbs |
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191 | (14) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (10) |
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11.8 Modal auxiliary verbs |
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219 | (12) |
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231 | (7) |
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11.10 The imperative mood |
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238 | (2) |
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11.11 The subjunctive mood |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (6) |
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11.13 Progressive or continuous tenses |
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248 | (1) |
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11.14 Emphatic present and imperfect tenses formed with `to do' |
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249 | (1) |
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11.15 The present participle |
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249 | (2) |
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11.16 How to render English `-ing' forms in Dutch |
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251 | (6) |
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257 | (7) |
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11.18 Transitive and intransitive verbs |
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264 | (3) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (9) |
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11.21 Verbs followed by prepositional objects |
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278 | (12) |
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290 | (25) |
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12.1 Co-ordinating conjunctions |
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290 | (3) |
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12.2 Subordinating conjunctions |
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293 | (11) |
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12.3 Adverbial conjunctions |
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304 | (2) |
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12.4 Correlative conjunctions |
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306 | (3) |
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12.5 Conjunctions introducing infinitive clauses |
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309 | (3) |
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12.6 Interrogative adverbs and pronouns introducing indirect questions |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (28) |
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13.1 Prepositional phrases |
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335 | (2) |
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13.2 Notes on prepositions |
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337 | (6) |
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343 | (23) |
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343 | (7) |
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350 | (3) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (3) |
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360 | (2) |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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14.13 School marks/grades |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (8) |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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368 | (2) |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (3) |
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374 | (9) |
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16.1 Position of niet/nooit |
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374 | (9) |
| Appendix 1 Letter writing and email |
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383 | (7) |
| Appendix 2 Proper nouns |
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390 | (17) |
| Appendix 3 Common Dutch abbreviations |
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407 | (9) |
| Glossary of grammatical terms |
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416 | (12) |
| Index |
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