ABC of Common Grammatical Errors for Learners and Teachers of English (Complete and Properly Bookmarked) [1 ed.] 033356734X, 9780333567340

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ABC of Common Grammatical Errors for Learners and Teachers of English (Complete and Properly Bookmarked) [1 ed.]
033356734X, 9780333567340

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Nigel D. Turton

Table of contents :
Cover
Introduction
Glossary
A
a/an: form
a/an: use
a/an: wrongly omitted
able
about
about to
above
absent
absolutely
accomodation
according to
accuse
accustom/accustomed
adjectives: form
adjectives: comparison
adjectives: position
adjectives: sequence
adjectives: use
adjectives: used as nouns
adjective patterns
adjectives with prepositions
adverbial clauses of purpose
adverbial clauses of reason
adverbial clauses of result
adverbial clauses of time
adverbs: form
adverbs: comparison
adverbs: use
adverbs/adverbials: position
adverbs/adverbials: sequence
adverbs/adverbials: word order
advertisement
advice
advise
affect
afford
afraid
after
again
ago
agree
agreement: pronoun/determiner and antecedent
agreement: subject and complement
agreement: subject and verb
aid
aim
aircraft
alive
all
allow
almost
already
also
although
always
amaze
amount
and
angry
annoyed
another
answer
anxious
any
anybody/anyone
apologize
appeal
appear
apply
appreciate
approach
approve
Arabic
arithmetic
arrival
arrive
as
as if and as though
as long as
as soon as
as well
as well as
ashamed
ask
assist
associate
at
attend
attention
attitude
avoid
B
baby
bad
baaggage
be: use
be: wrongly omitted
because
because of
bad
before
begin
behaviour
behind
believe
belong
beside
besides
bed
better
between
beware
a bit
blame
bored/boring
born
borrow
both
both ... and ...
bread
breakfast
bright
British
build
busy
but
by
C
call
can/could
capable/incapable
care
in case
catch
cater
cause
certain
chance
change
charge
cheque
children
china
choose
class
close
clothes
clothing
collective nouns
college
collide
colour
coloured
combat
come
come from
common
compare
complain
completely
comprise
concern
concerned
condition
conditionals
conduct
confess
confide
congratulate
congratulations
conjunctions
consider
consideration
consist
consult
contact
contain
control
cooperation
coordination
corner
cost
countable nouns: form
countable nouns: use
couple
courage
course
covered
crash
crazy
criteria
criticize
crockery
crowded
cry
cure
D
damage
dance
danger
dare
dates
day
dead
deal
decrease
delay
delighted
demand
demonstratives
deny
depart
departure
depend
describe
description
desire
desperate
despite
detail
deter
die
died
differ
different
difficulty
dirt
disagree
disallow
disappeared
discourage
discuss
dispose
disregard
divide
divorce
do: auxiliary verb
do: main verb
doubt
downstairs
dozen
dream
dress
drink
drunken
dry
due to
during
dust
E
each
each other
eager
education
effect
effort
either
either ... or ...
elder
emphasize
employment
energy
English
enjoy
enough
enter
equal
equipment
escape
especially
even
even if
even though
ever
every
everybody/everyone
everyday or every day ?
everyone or every one ?
everything
evidence
except
exciting
experience
explain
explanation
extremely
F
face
fact
faint
fairly
fall
familiarize
far
farther
fascinated
fast
fatigue
favour
favourite
fed up
feel
feel like
feet
few
fill
find
finish
first
first aid
firstly
fish
flight
fly
food
foot
for
forbid
force
for ever
forget
forgive
fractions
frighten
from
fruit
full
fun
furniture
G
generally
get
give
glad
glass
glasses
go
go on
going to
golden
good
gossip
got
government
grass
greenery
ground
grow up
H
hair
half
handful
happen
hardly
hardware
harm
hate
have
have to
he
head
headache
health
hear
help
hence
here
highlight
him
his
his or her
hit
holiday
home
homework
hope
housework
how
however
hundred
I
I
ideal
if
if only
ignore
ill
imagine
immediately
importance
important
in
inconvenience
increase
indeed
indirect objects
indirect/reported speech: commands
indirect/reported speech: questions
indirect/reported speech: reporting verbs
indirect/reported speech: tenses
inferior
infinitives: form
infinitives: use
inform
information
-ing forms
ingredient
injure
inside
insist
in spite of
instead
intend
intensifiers
intention
interest
interested
interesting
interfere
into
invest
investigate
investigation
invitation
invite
involve
involved
irregular verbs
island
it
it: wrongly included
it: wrongly omitted
it's or its ?
J
jargon
jealous
jealousy
jeans
jewellery (American English jewelry)
join
junior
just
K
keen
kilo
kind
kind of
kindly
knock
know
knowledge
L
lack
lake
last
late
laugh
laughter
lay
learn
leave
less
let
lied
life
lighted
like: conjunction
like: preposition
like: verb
likely
listen
litter
little
live
long: verb
look
look forward to
look like
lot
loud
love
luck
luggage
lunch
M
machinery
mad
made
mail
make
manage
mankind
many
married
marry
match
mathematics
matured
may
maybe
me
mean
media
meet
mention
million
mind
modal verbs
money
more
most
much
music
must
N
named
nationality
nationality words
nature
near
nearby
nearly
need: noun
need: verb
needless to say
negative sentences
neither
neither ... nor ...
never
nevertheless
news
nice
night
nobody/no one
noise
no matter
none
nor
no sooner
not
not only
nothing
nouns: countable or uncountable ?
nouns which look plural
nouns which look singular
nouns used without a determiner
nouns used as modifiers
noun patterns
nouns with prepositions
nowadays
number
numbers
O
obey
object
obstacle
obvious
o'clock
of
off
offspring
often
old
on
on/upon
once
one
only
opinion
opportunity
opposite
or
order
other
ought
outside
outskirts
over
overalls
overseas
own
P
pair
pants
paper
part
participate
participation
participle clauses
passed
passive
past
past participles
past perfect tense: form
past perfect tense: use
past progressive tense: form
past progressive tense: use
past simple tense: form
past simple tense: use
patience
pay
people
per cent
permission
person
personal pronouns: use
personal pronouns: wrongly included
persuade
phenomenon
phone/telephone
phrasal verbs
piano
piece
pierce
pity
please
pleased
pleasure
plural nouns
poetry
point
point of view
police
pollution
poor
possessive determiners
possibility
poverty
prefer
prepositions: general
present
present perfect tense: form
present perfect tense: use
present progressive tense: form
present progressive tense: use
present simple tense: form
present simple tense: use
prevent
price
proceed
progress
progressive tenses: form
progressive tenses: use
promise
proof
property
propose
prospect
protection
proud
provide
purpose
pyjamas
Q
qualification
qualms
quantifiers
quantity
questions
question tags
quick
quiet
quite
R
raise
rarely
rather
reach
ready
real
realize
really
reason
reassure
recall
recent and recently
recommend
refer
reflexive pronouns
refrain
refuse
regarding
regret
regular verbs
relative clauses: general
relative clauses: prepositions
relative clauses: pronouns
relative clauses: verbs
relax
relief
remember
remind
repeat
replace
reply
report
reputation
request
research
resemble
resign
responsible
result
return
ring
rise
risk
rubbish
run
rush
S
-'s/-s': wrongly omitted
-'s/-s': use
sale
salt
same
satisfied
say
scarcely
scenery
school
scissors
scorn
search
see
seek
seem
seldom
sent
sentence structure: incomplete
several
shall ('ll)
shame
she
sheep
shopping
shorts
should
similar
simple tenses
since
slacks
slang
sleep
small
smile
smoke
snow
so
so far
some
some/some-
somebody/someone
something
sometime
sometimes
somewhere
soon
sooner
sorry
sort of
so that
sound
spaghetti
speak
specially
spectacles
spend
sport
staff
stand
start
still
stop
stress
strict
succeed
such
such that
suddenly
suggest
suit
superior
supply
suppose
supposing
sure
swear
swim
T
take
talk
taste
teach
tell
tenses: general
than
thank
that: conjunction
that: determiner/pronoun
that: relative pronoun
the: use
the: wrongly omitted
their
then
there: use
there: wrongly omitted
therefore
these
they
thief
think
this
those
thousand
threaten
throw
thus
tightly
time
tired
to: preposition
toast
too
too: wrongly omitted
too many
too much
traffic
training
translate
transport
travel
trouble
trousers
try
type of
U
UK
uncountable nouns
understand
underwear
unique
unit
unit nouns
United Kingdom
United States
university
unless
unlikely
until/till
upstairs
us
USA
use
used to
usual
V
vegetable
verbs: after a preposition
verb patterns
verb 1 + verb 2
verbs with adverbs
verbs with prepositions
very
very much
visit
W
wait
wake
want
-ware
warn
was
water
way
wealth
we
wear
wear/-wear
weather
week
welcomed
welfare
well
were
what
when
whenever
where
whether
which
who
whom
why
wife
will ('ll)
wish
with
within
without
women
wonder
wood
wool
word class (also called "parts of speech")
word division
work
worry
worse/worst
worth
would ('d)
write
Y
year
yes
yesterday
yet
you
yourself
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