Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Glossary of grammatical terms |
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1 The French And English Languages Compared |
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1.1 French and English: a common origin |
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3 | (2) |
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2 Nouns |
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45 | (11) |
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3 Determiners |
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61 | (18) |
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3.1 The three types of article |
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61 | (1) |
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3.2 Forms of the articles |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (3) |
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3.4 The indefinite article |
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66 | (2) |
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3.5 The partitive article |
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68 | (1) |
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3.6 Omission of the article |
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69 | (2) |
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3.7 Demonstrative determiners |
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71 | (1) |
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3.8 Possessive determiners |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (5) |
4 Pronouns |
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81 | (5) |
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4.2 Direct and indirect object pronouns |
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86 | (3) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (2) |
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4.6 Order of object pronouns |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (2) |
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4.8 Coordination of personal pronouns |
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98 | (1) |
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4.9 Demonstrative pronouns |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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5 Adjectives |
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5.1 The position of adjectives |
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106 | (6) |
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5.2 The feminine of adjectives |
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112 | (9) |
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5.3 Adjectives with a second masculine form |
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121 | (1) |
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5.4 The plural of adjectives |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (1) |
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5.6 Agreement of adjectives with on |
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125 | (1) |
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5.7 Agreement of adjectives according to meaning |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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5.11 Adjectival expressions |
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129 | (1) |
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5.12 Comparison of adjectives |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (4) |
6 Numbers |
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138 | (18) |
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139 | (6) |
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145 | (2) |
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6.3 Word order when a cardinal and ordinal number are together |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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6.8 Fractions and calculations |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (3) |
7 Adverbs |
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156 | (17) |
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7.1 Adverbs and adverbials |
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157 | (1) |
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7.2 Formation of adverbs ending in -ment |
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158 | (3) |
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7.3 Different types of adverbs |
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161 | (4) |
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7.4 Comparison of adverbs |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (1) |
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7.6 Inversion after certain adverbs |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (3) |
8 Negation |
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173 | (13) |
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8.1 Position of negative expressions |
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174 | (1) |
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8.2 Order of negative expressions |
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175 | (1) |
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8.3 de with a direct object in negative sentences |
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176 | (1) |
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8.4 ne...aucun (no, not any, none) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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8.6 ne...jamais (never, not ever) |
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177 | (1) |
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8.7 ne...ni...ni (neither...nor) |
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178 | (1) |
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8.8 ne...nul(le) (no, not any); ne...nulle part (nowhere, not anywhere); ne...nullement (in no way, not in any way) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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8.10 ne...personne (nobody, not anybody, no one, not anyone) |
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179 | (1) |
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8.11 ne...plus (no more, not any longer, no longer, not any more) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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8.13 ne...rien (nothing, not anything) |
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180 | (1) |
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8.14 Omission of ne in speech |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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8.17 Use of ne without a negative sense |
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182 | (1) |
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8.18 Negative words with sans |
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182 | (1) |
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9 Verbs |
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186 | (32) |
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186 | (1) |
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9.2 Characteristics of the verb |
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186 | (15) |
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9.3 Transitive and intransitive verbs |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (4) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (7) |
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214 | (4) |
10 Verbs 2: Tenses Of The Indicative |
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218 | (45) |
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218 | (3) |
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10.2 The radical and verb endings |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (5) |
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229 | (5) |
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234 | (4) |
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238 | (3) |
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10.8 The imperfect and the simple past contrasted |
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241 | (1) |
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10.9 The pluperfect tense |
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242 | (3) |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (4) |
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10.12 The compound future |
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251 | (2) |
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10.13 The conditional tense |
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253 | (3) |
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10.14 The compound conditional |
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256 | (4) |
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10.15 Summary of the sequence of tenses in conditional clauses |
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260 | (1) |
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Indicative tenses in context |
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260 | (3) |
11 Verbs 3: The Imperative, The Infinitive, Participles |
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263 | (38) |
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263 | (5) |
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268 | (12) |
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280 | (1) |
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11.4 The present participle |
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281 | (5) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (9) |
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Imperatives, infinitives and participles in context |
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297 | (4) |
12 Verbs 4: The Subjunctive |
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301 | (18) |
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12.1 The present subjunctive |
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303 | (1) |
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12.2 The compound past subjunctive |
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304 | (1) |
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12.3 The imperfect subjunctive |
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304 | (2) |
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12.4 The pluperfect subjunctive |
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306 | (1) |
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12.5 The double compound past subjunctive |
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306 | (1) |
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12.6 Examples of the five subjunctive tenses |
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307 | (1) |
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12.7 Uses of the subjunctive |
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308 | (7) |
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The subjunctive in context |
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13 Prepositions |
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319 | (31) |
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13.1 Coordination of prepositions |
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321 | (1) |
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13.2 Verb + preposition constructions |
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322 | (1) |
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13.3 Adjectives and adverbs + prepositions |
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322 | (1) |
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13.4 Differentiating between prepositions and adverbs |
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323 | (1) |
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13.5 Prepositions and their uses |
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324 | (19) |
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13.6 Prepositions meaning 'in' and 'to' before geographical names |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (6) |
14 Conjunctions |
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350 | (15) |
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14.1 Coordinating conjunctions |
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351 | (3) |
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14.2 Subordinating conjunctions |
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354 | (1) |
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14.3 Subordinating conjunctions followed by the indicative |
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355 | (3) |
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14.4 Subordinating conjunctions followed by the subjunctive |
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358 | (1) |
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14.5 Subordinating conjunctions followed by the indicative or the subjunctive, depending on meaning |
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359 | (1) |
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14.6 Conjunctions with more than one meaning |
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360 | (1) |
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14.7 Repeated clauses introduced by subordinating conjunctions |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | (3) |
15 Relative Pronouns |
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365 | (11) |
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15.1 Agreement with the past participle |
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366 | (1) |
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15.2 The invariable relatives, qui, que, quoi, dont, ou |
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367 | (1) |
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15.3 Qui (who, which, that) |
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368 | (1) |
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15.4 Que/qu' (who[ m], which, that, what) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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15.6 Dont (whose, of/about whom, of which) |
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370 | (1) |
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15.7 Ou (where, in/to which, when) |
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370 | (1) |
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15.8 Lequel ([ that] which, who[ m]) |
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371 | (1) |
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15.9 Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses |
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372 | (1) |
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Relative pronouns in context |
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373 | (3) |
16 Questions And Exclamations |
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376 | (14) |
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376 | (9) |
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385 | (1) |
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Questions and exclamations in context |
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386 | (4) |
17 Punctuation, Accents, Spelling And Specific Sounds In French |
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390 | (28) |
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390 | (5) |
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395 | (2) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (10) |
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17.5 Specific sounds in French |
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408 | (10) |
Appendix: A Glossary Of Computing Terminology |
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418 | (4) |
Verb tables |
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422 | (24) |
Answers to exercises |
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446 | (11) |
Index |
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