oxford_guide_to_english_grammar

INDEX
decrease
decrease in/of 237(2e)
stress 287(2)
deduction (logical certainty) 95
deep, deeply 207(5)
deer: plural 297
defective verb: see modal verb
defining relative clause: see identifying
definite article: see the
definitely 214(1)
with emphatic form 51(2a) Note
degree adverb 212
delay
+ gerund 121(1)
delay in/of 237(2e)
verb and noun 287(1)
delexical verbs (empty verbs) 87
delicious with quite 212(5c)
delight: countable/uncountable 144(5e)
delighted
+ noun clause 262(6a)
+ preposition 236(2) Note a
+ to-infinitive 123(5)
not with very 212(1a) Note a
demand
demand for 237(1) Note a, 237(2g)
+ noun clause 262(1c)
+ object 233(4)
performative 16(3)
verb of reporting 265(2)
+ subjunctive 242(2)
with to-infinitive 121(1), 124(1a), 126(4)
democracy: countable/uncountable 144(5c)
demonstrate + noun clause 262(lc, 1d)
demonstratives 175
dentist
possessive: the dentist's 146(6)
with the 160(5)
deny
+ gerund 121(1)
negative meaning 17(4) Note a
with object 8(2) Note
passive pattern 108(3)
performative 16(3)
verb of reporting 265(2)
denying 29(1) Note a
depend
without be 84(5) Note b
depend on 233(2), 262(5) Note
depend on + gerund 132(2)
state verb 62(1, 5)
dependent clause: see sub clause
dependent on 236(4)
+ gerund 132(4)
depressing 203
+ to-infinitive 123(1)
derivation 282
describing
a/an 161(1)
adjectives 197
deserve
+ gerund 113(1)
state verb 62(1,5)
+ to-infinitive 121(3h)
desirable+ subjunctive 242(1)
desire
desire for 237 (2g)
+ object 233(4)
state verb 62(l,5)
+ to-infinitive 124(1a)
despise: state verb 62(1, 5)
despite 246(4)
+ gerund 132(8a)
deter...from 132(3), 234(2)
determination + to-infinitive 124(1a)
determined
+ noun clause 262(6a)
quite determined 212(5c)
+ to-infinitive 123(5)
determiner 143(2a)
+ countable/uncountable noun 144(2)
demonstrative 175
+ gerund 133
+ name 170(2)
possessive 174
+ quantifier 143(3c)
after quantifier 178(lb, 1c)
detest
+ gerund 121(1)
state verb 62(1)
develop with/without object 8(3)
did 88(2)
emphasis 51(2)
in question 65(1)
did not/didn't 55(2b), 65(1)
didn't need to 92(3c)
die
die down 232(2)
dying 294 (2) Note
be dying for/to 121(1) Note c
difference between 237(2c)
different
+ preposition 221(1) Note, 236(4), 306(5)
+ preposition + gerund 132(4)
quite different 212(5c)
difficult with to-infinitive 123(1), 126(2)
difficulty
with gerund 131(2b), 132(7)
+ preposition 237(2k), 262(5) Note
direct and directly 207(4)
direct object 8(2), 10(1)
direct speech 264(1)
punctuation 56(4)
dirty: comparison 218(2b)
disabled: the disabled 204(1b)
disadvantage with to-infinitive 126(4)
disadvantaged: the disadvantaged 204(1b)
disagree
performative 16(3)
disagree with + gerund 132(2)
disagreeing: short answer 29(2f)
disappointed/ing 203
disapprove of + gerund 132(2)
disaster with to-infinitive 126(4)
discount: stress 287(2)
discourage.. .from 132(2), 234(2)
discover
discover how to 125(2)
+ noun clause 262(1c)
passive patterns 109
+ object + to-infinitive 122(2c)