| 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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| Acknowledgements for the third edition |
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| Acknowledgements for the fourth edition |
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19 | (7) |
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26 | (19) |
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26 | (2) |
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2.2 Typical uses of the definite article |
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28 | (6) |
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2.3 Typical uses of the indefinite article |
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34 | (3) |
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2.4 The partitive article: du, de l', de la, des |
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37 | (1) |
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2.5 Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne ... pas, ne ... jamais, ne ... plus, ne ... guere |
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38 | (1) |
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2.6 Omission of the article |
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39 | (4) |
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2.7 Demonstrative determiners |
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43 | (1) |
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2.8 Possessive determiners |
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44 | (1) |
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3 Personal and impersonal pronouns |
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45 | (40) |
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45 | (14) |
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59 | (19) |
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78 | (5) |
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3.4 Demonstrative pronouns |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (23) |
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4.1 Adjectives modifying the noun |
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85 | (6) |
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4.2 Adjectives which follow verbs or verbal expressions |
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91 | (1) |
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4.3 Adjectives with complements |
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92 | (1) |
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4.4 Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements |
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92 | (1) |
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4.5 Adjectives used as nouns |
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93 | (1) |
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4.6 Adjectives used as adverbs, and adverbs used as adjectives |
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93 | (1) |
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4.7 Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives |
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94 | (4) |
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4.8 Plural forms of adjectives |
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98 | (1) |
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4.9 Adjective agreement with nouns |
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99 | (1) |
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4.10 Invariable adjectives |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (2) |
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4.12 Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives |
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103 | (3) |
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4.13 Subjunctive versus indicative in clauses dependent on a superlative adjective |
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106 | (1) |
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4.14 Absolute use of the superlative |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (28) |
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108 | (1) |
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5.2 Formation of adverbs with the ending -ment |
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108 | (3) |
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5.3 Adjectives used as adverbs without addition of -ment |
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111 | (1) |
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5.4 Phrases used as adverbs |
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111 | (3) |
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5.5 English and French adverb formation |
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114 | (1) |
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114 | (18) |
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132 | (4) |
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6 Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers |
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136 | (22) |
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136 | (7) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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6.4 Some differences in the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers in French and English |
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145 | (3) |
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6.5 Measurements and comparisons |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (4) |
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158 | (40) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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7.3 Easy ways of generating some parts of the paradigms |
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160 | (4) |
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7.4 Changes in the stem form of some -er conjugation verbs |
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164 | (1) |
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7.5 Verbs whose stems end in c- or g- |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (32) |
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8.1 Relations between verbs and their complements |
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198 | (1) |
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8.2 Intransitive constructions |
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198 | (2) |
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8.3 Directly transitive verbs |
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200 | (2) |
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8.4 Indirectly transitive verbs |
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202 | (3) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (4) |
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210 | (8) |
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218 | (3) |
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8.9 Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements |
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221 | (1) |
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9 Verb and participle agreement |
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222 | (15) |
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9.1 Subject-verb agreement |
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222 | (4) |
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9.2 Agreement of the past participle with the subject of etre |
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226 | (1) |
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9.3 Agreement of the past participle of verbs conjugated with avoir with a preceding direct object |
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227 | (7) |
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9.4 Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (20) |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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138 | (5) |
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243 | (5) |
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10.5 Other tenses indicating the time at which events occur relative to other events |
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248 | (3) |
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251 | (3) |
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10.7 Tenses in direct and reported descriptions of events |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (1) |
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11 The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives |
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257 | (31) |
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11.1 The attitude of the subject to events: the subjunctive |
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257 | (17) |
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11.2 The use of devoir, pouvoir, savoir, falloir |
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274 | (4) |
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11.3 The French equivalents of the English modal verbs: `would', `should' `could', `may', `might', `ought to' and `must' |
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278 | (5) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (4) |
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288 | (29) |
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12.1 Introduction: what are infinitives? |
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288 | (1) |
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12.2 Infinitives as complements to other verbs |
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289 | (1) |
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12.3 Verbs which take infinitive complements without a linking preposition |
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290 | (2) |
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12.4 Verbs which take infinitive complements preceded by the preposition a |
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292 | (5) |
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12.5 Verbs which take an infinitive complement preceded by de |
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297 | (7) |
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12.6 Omission of objects before infinitives |
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304 | (1) |
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12.7 Infinitives as complements to adjectives |
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305 | (2) |
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12.8 Infinitives as complements to nouns |
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307 | (2) |
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12.9 Infinitives in subordinate clauses |
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309 | (1) |
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12.10 Infinitives as polite commands |
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310 | (1) |
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12.11 Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive complements |
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310 | (7) |
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317 | (33) |
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317 | (1) |
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13.2 13.58 Prepositions listed alphabetically from a to vers |
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317 | (26) |
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13.59 French translations for common English prepositions |
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343 | (7) |
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350 | (17) |
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350 | (1) |
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350 | (4) |
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14.3 Information questions |
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354 | (5) |
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14.4 Order of object pronouns in questions involving inversion |
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359 | (1) |
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14.5 Order of negative particles in questions involving inversion |
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359 | (1) |
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14.6 Use of question words and phrases: aid?, que?, quoi?, quel?, de qui?, avec combien de? etc. |
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359 | (5) |
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364 | (3) |
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367 | (16) |
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367 | (1) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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15.4 Preposition plus qui |
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370 | (1) |
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15.5 Use of lequel in relative clauses |
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370 | (2) |
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15.6 Use of dont, de qui, duquel/de laquelle/desquels / desquelles |
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372 | (1) |
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15.7 The use of oil as a relative pronoun |
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373 | (1) |
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15.8 Use of relative quoi |
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374 | (1) |
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15.9 Free relative clauses and the use of cc qui, ce que, ce. dont, ce a quoi ce sur quoi, etc. |
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375 | (3) |
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15.10 Translating `whoever', `whatever', `wherever', `whenever', `however' |
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378 | (2) |
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15.11 Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses |
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380 | (3) |
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383 | (17) |
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383 | (1) |
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16.2 Location of sentence negators |
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383 | (3) |
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16.3 Order of negators in multiple negation |
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386 | (1) |
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16.4 Omission of ne in sentence negation |
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386 | (1) |
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16.5 Order of negative elements in questions and imperatives |
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387 | (1) |
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387 | (4) |
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391 | (1) |
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16.8 he ... aucun(e), ne nul(le) |
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391 | (1) |
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392 | (1) |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (1) |
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16.15 sans used with other negators |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (2) |
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17 Conjunctions and other linking constructions |
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400 | (19) |
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400 | (1) |
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17.2 Coordinating conjunctions |
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400 | (1) |
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17.3 Subordinating conjunctions |
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401 | (10) |
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17.4 Conjunctions sometimes confused by English speakers |
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411 | (1) |
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17.5 Repeated subordinating conjunctions |
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412 | (1) |
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17.6 Subordinating conjunctions used with infinitive clauses |
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413 | (1) |
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17.7 Apres Avoir/Etre + past participle linking an infinitive clause to a main clause |
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414 | (1) |
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17.8 Past participle phrases used as linkers |
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414 | (1) |
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17.9 Present participles and gerunds |
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415 | (4) |
| Appendix |
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419 | (3) |
| Bibliography |
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422 | (1) |
| Index |
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