Guide for the user |
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Glossary of key grammatical terms |
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Acknowledgements |
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Acknowledgements for the second edition |
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1 | (4) |
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5 | (12) |
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17 | (6) |
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23 | (17) |
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23 | (1) |
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Typical use of the definite article |
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24 | (5) |
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Typical use of the indefinite article |
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29 | (3) |
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The partitive article: du, de l', de la, des |
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32 | (1) |
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Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne...pas, ne...jamais, ne...plus, ne...guere |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (3) |
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Demonstrative determiners |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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Personal and impersonal pronouns |
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40 | (38) |
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40 | (13) |
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53 | (18) |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (20) |
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Adjectives modifying the noun |
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78 | (5) |
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Adjectives which follow verbs or verbal expressions |
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83 | (1) |
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Adjectives with complements |
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84 | (1) |
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Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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Adjectives used as adverbs |
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86 | (1) |
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Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives |
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86 | (3) |
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Plural forms of adjectives |
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89 | (2) |
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Adjective agreement with nouns |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives |
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93 | (3) |
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Subjunctive versus indicative in clauses dependent on a superlative adjective |
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96 | (1) |
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Absolute use of the superlative |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (28) |
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98 | (1) |
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Formation of adverbs with the ending - ment |
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98 | (3) |
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Adjectives used as adverbs without addition of -ment |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (2) |
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English and French adverb formation |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (18) |
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122 | (4) |
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Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers |
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126 | (21) |
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126 | (7) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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Some differences in the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers in French and English |
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135 | (3) |
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Measurements and comparisons |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (4) |
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147 | (39) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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Easy ways of generating some parts of the paradigms |
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149 | (3) |
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Changes in the stem form of some -er conjugation verbs |
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152 | (1) |
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Verbs whose stems end in c- or g- |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (32) |
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186 | (22) |
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Relations between verbs and their complements |
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186 | (1) |
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Intransitive constructions |
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186 | (2) |
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Directly transitive verbs |
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188 | (2) |
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Indirectly transitive verbs |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (3) |
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197 | (7) |
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204 | (3) |
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Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements |
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207 | (1) |
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Verb and participle agreement |
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208 | (14) |
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208 | (4) |
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Agreement of the past participle with the subject of etre |
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212 | (1) |
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Agreement of the past participle of verbs conjugated with avoir with a preceding direct object |
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213 | (7) |
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Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (19) |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (5) |
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228 | (4) |
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Other tenses indicating the time at which events occur relative to other events |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (3) |
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Tenses in direct and reported descriptions of events |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (1) |
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The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives |
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241 | (32) |
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The attitude of the subject to events: the subjunctive |
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241 | (17) |
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The use of devoir, pouvoir, savoir, falloir |
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258 | (4) |
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The French equivalents of the English modal verbs: `would', `should', `could', `may', `might', `ought to', and `must' |
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262 | (5) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (4) |
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273 | (28) |
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Introduction: what are infinitives? |
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273 | (1) |
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Infinitives as complements to other verbs |
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274 | (1) |
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Verbs which take infinitive complements without a linking preposition |
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274 | (3) |
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Verbs which take infinitive complements preceded by the preposition a |
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277 | (5) |
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Verbs which take an infinitive complement preceded by de |
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282 | (6) |
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Omission of objects before infinitives |
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288 | (1) |
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Infinitives as complements to adjectives |
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289 | (2) |
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Infinitives as complements to nouns |
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291 | (2) |
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Infinitives in subordinate clauses |
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293 | (1) |
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Infinitives as polite commands |
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294 | (1) |
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Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive complements |
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294 | (7) |
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301 | (31) |
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301 | (1) |
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Prepositions listed alphabetically from a to vers |
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301 | (24) |
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French translations for common English prepositions |
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325 | (7) |
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332 | (17) |
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332 | (1) |
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332 | (4) |
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336 | (5) |
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Order of object pronouns in questions involving inversion |
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341 | (1) |
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Order of negative particles in questions involving inversion |
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341 | (1) |
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Use of question words and phrases: qui?, que?, quoi?, quel?, de qui?, avec combien de? etc. |
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341 | (5) |
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346 | (3) |
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349 | (16) |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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Use of lequel in relative clauses |
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352 | (2) |
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Use of dont, de qui, duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles |
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354 | (1) |
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The use of ou as a relative pronoun |
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355 | (1) |
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356 | (1) |
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Free relative clauses and the use of ce qui, ce que, ce dont, ce a quoi, ce sur quoi, etc. |
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357 | (2) |
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Translating 'whoever', 'whatever', 'wherever', 'whenever', 'however' |
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359 | (2) |
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Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses |
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361 | (4) |
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365 | (17) |
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365 | (1) |
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Location of sentence negators |
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365 | (3) |
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Order of negators in multiple negation |
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368 | (1) |
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Omission of ne in sentence negation |
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368 | (1) |
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Order of negative elements in questions and imperatives |
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369 | (1) |
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369 | (4) |
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373 | (1) |
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ne...aucun(e), ne...nul(le) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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sans used with other negators |
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380 | (1) |
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380 | (2) |
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Conjunctions and other linking constructions |
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382 | (20) |
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382 | (1) |
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Coordinating conjunctions |
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382 | (2) |
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Subordinating conjunctions |
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384 | (10) |
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Conjunctions sometimes confused by English speakers |
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394 | (1) |
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Repeated subordinating conjunctions |
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395 | (1) |
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Subordinating conjunctions used with infinitive clauses |
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396 | (1) |
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apres avoir/etre + past participle linking an infinitive clause to a main clause |
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397 | (1) |
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Past participle phrases used as linkers |
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397 | (1) |
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Present participles and gerunds |
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398 | (4) |
Appendix |
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402 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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405 | (2) |
Index |
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