Modal auxiliaries 105 B6.1 Modality
105
B6.2 Modal auxiliaries
105
B6.3 Meanings of modal verbs
106
B6.4 Marginal and semi-modals
108
B6.5 Conclusion
109
B7 Multi-word verbs 109 B7.1 Multi-word and single-word verbs
110
B7.2 Distinguishing phrasal and prepositional verbs
110
B7.3 Phrasal verbs with a pronoun as object
111
B7.4 Phrasal-prepositional verbs
112
B7.5 Conclusion
112
B8 Verb patterns 113 B8.1 Five patterns
113
B8.2 Describing verbs
116
B8.3 Conclusion
117
B9 Clause types 119 B9.1 Declaratives
119
B9.2 Interrogatives
120
B9.3 Exclamatives
123
B9.4 Imperatives
123
B9.5 Form and function
124
B9.6 Conclusion
125
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B10 Relative clauses 126 B10.1 Relative pronouns
126
B10.2 The position and word order of relative clauses
128
B10.3 The formation of relative clauses
129
B10.4 Conclusion
131
B11 Beyond and beneath the sentence 131 B11.1 Grammar beyond the sentence
131
B11.2 Grammar beneath the sentence
133
B11.3 Conclusion
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