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Index
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The numbers refer to sections, not
pages. For example, 158 means section
158, and 221(3c) means part 3c of
section 221. Numbers in bold type
mean a direct treatment of or main
reference to a topic.
a/an
summary 158
as + adjective + a 221 (3c)
alone hundred 191(1) Note b
leaving out 42(3), 45(2), 45(4)
many a 177(3b)
50 miles an hour 172
with possessive 174(5)
quite a, such a 212(4)
a bit (adverb) 212(1a) Note e, f, 212(7c)
+ comparative 212(2)
a bit more/less 212(8f)
a bit of 177(2a)
a bit of a 212(4) Note b
+ gerund 133(1), 138 (2c)
quite a bit of 212(8c)
a few 177(2), 178(7a)
quite a few 2l2(8c)
a great many 177(1b) Note c
a little
adverb 212(1a) Note f, 212(7c)
+ comparative 212(2, 8f)
+ gerund 133(1)
quantifier 177(2), 178(7a)
a lot
+ comparative 212(2, 8f), 221 (8)
degree 212(7c)
frequency 211(2)
a lot of 177(1), 178(7)
agreement 153(2)
+ gerund 133(1), 138(2c)
quite a lot of 212(8b)
abbreviated clause
with adjective 199(5)
leaving out words 36
patterns with participles 134
participle relative clauses 276
with so/not 43
special styles 45
abbreviations
with a/an 159(2)
capital letters 56(6h)
plural 145(1d)
ability 98
ability
ability at/in 237(2j)
+ to-infinitive 124(1a)
able ending 285(5i)
able
comparison 218(4b)
able to 98(2,3)
about 228(1)
after adjective 236(2)
= approximately 191(4)
and around 225(1) Note d
+ gerund 132(2, 3)
after noun 237(2i)
after say/tell 266(1) Note c
after verb 233(3), 234(5)
about to 78(1a),80(3)
above 225(1), 225(3b), 226(2a)
absent from 236(4)
absolutely 212(1a) Note a, 212(7a)
absolutely no 17(6b)
abstract noun
countable/uncountable 144(1b)
linking with previous text 48(3)
+ of 133(2b)
suffixes 285(2)
without the 165
absurd
quite absurd 212(5c)
the absurd 204(2a)
accept
+ noun clause 262(1c)
performative 16(3)
verb of reporting 265(2)
accommodation: uncountable 144(4b)
accompany + object 233(4)
according to 228(1)
accusative: see object pronoun
accuse... of 234(2)
+ gerund 132(2)
accustomed to 236(4)
+ gerund 132(6)
ache: simple/continuous 62(6)
across 225(1)
and through, along 226(4)
act and action 87(2)
action verb 62
and linking verb 209(1b)
active and passive
summary 103
overview of forms 114
active with passive meaning 113
active participle 134, 135(2)
before noun 137, 283(2) Note
after passive verb 110(2)
in relative clause 276(1)
spelling 64(1) Note a
add
+ noun clause 262(1c)
verb of reporting 265(2)
adding relative clause 274
and identifying clause 272 (4a, 5)
additions (e.g. So do I) 43
adjectival clause: see relative clause