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PAGE 421<br />

hope (noun)<br />

countable/uncountable 144(5e)<br />

hope for/of 237(2g) Note<br />

hope (verb)<br />

continuous 63(4)<br />

hopefor233(2)<br />

+ noun clause 262(1c)<br />

passive pattern 109(1)<br />

+ present/future 77(3) Note<br />

hope so/not 43(3)<br />

+ <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 121(1)<br />

hopeful: comparison 218(4b)<br />

hopeless at 236(3)<br />

horrible<br />

quite horrible 212(5c)<br />

+ <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 123(1)<br />

not with very 2l2(1a) Note a<br />

horrified<br />

+ noun clause 262(6a)<br />

+ <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 123(5)<br />

hospital with/without article 168(4), 304(4)<br />

hotel: pronunciation 159(2) Note a<br />

hourly 207(6)<br />

houses: pronunciation 296(4)<br />

housework: uncountable 144(4b)<br />

housing: uncountable 144(4b)<br />

hovercraft: plural 297<br />

how<br />

how about 28(2), 132(8a)<br />

how come 28(3) Note<br />

conjunction 253(2)<br />

in exclamation 20(1)<br />

and what... like 26(4) Note<br />

how long and since when 25(3) Note b<br />

how many/much 28(3), 177(1)<br />

in question phrase 28(3)<br />

question word 26(4), 27<br />

how's 55(2b)<br />

however<br />

= but 246(2)<br />

= no matter how 254(1)<br />

in emphatic question 26(6c)<br />

hundred 191(1), 304(7)<br />

hundreds of 191(3)<br />

hungry<br />

comparison 218(4b)<br />

the hungry 204(1b)<br />

hurry: not reflexive 186(2d)<br />

hurt<br />

with/without object 8(3)<br />

simple/continuous 62(6)<br />

hyphen 56(5)<br />

hypotheses 298(5)<br />

I 184(1)<br />

leaving out 42(1), 45(4)<br />

with short form 55 (2b)<br />

i and y: spelling 294<br />

ice: countable/uncountable 144(5c)<br />

idea<br />

+ noun clause 262(7)<br />

idea of+ gerund 132(7)<br />

with <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 126(4)<br />

idea what <strong>to</strong> do 125(2)<br />

ideal: not with very 212(1a) Note a<br />

identifying relative clause 272(3a, 5)<br />

pronouns 273<br />

idioms<br />

adjective after noun 201 (2) Note c<br />

the+ adjective 204(2b)<br />

without article 167(3, 7)<br />

with as... as 221 (3a) Note a<br />

uses of be 84(5)<br />

verb + complement 9(1)<br />

do and make 89<br />

with get 107(2)<br />

participle clause 139(7)<br />

phrasal verb 232<br />

with possessive 174(7)<br />

prepositional phrase 229<br />

prepositional verb 233-235<br />

prepositions in US 306(4)<br />

if: see also conditional clause<br />

+ adjective 199(5c)<br />

if ever 211(l) Note c<br />

if I were you 242(3)<br />

and in case 259(7)<br />

in noun clause 33, 261(1), 262(3) Note<br />

if only 241 (2d)<br />

+participle 139(3)<br />

+ present 77, 257(2, 3)<br />

in reported question 269(1b)<br />

if so/not 43 (3e)<br />

and when 259(1)<br />

if-clause 255<br />

see also conditional clause<br />

ill<br />

comparison 218(2b) Note a<br />

position 200(2), 305(1)<br />

imagine<br />

action/state 62(3)<br />

+ gerund 121(1)<br />

+ object + gerund 131(5)<br />

+ noun clause 262 (lb, lc)<br />

+ past 241 (3)<br />

verb of reporting 265 (2)<br />

imagine so 43(3)<br />

+ object + <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 122(2c)<br />

immediately<br />

conjunction 250(5), 307(3)<br />

indirect speech 267(2)<br />

impatient<br />

+ noun clause 262 (6a)<br />

+ <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 123(5)<br />

imperative 19<br />

with be 84 (3) Note<br />

in conditionals 257 (3b)<br />

leaving out 42(4)<br />

impersonal expressions<br />

it: see empty subject<br />

you, one, they 185<br />

imply + noun clause 262(lc, 1d)<br />

import: stress 287(2)<br />

important<br />

+subjunctive 242(1)<br />

with <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 123(1), 126(2)<br />

impossibility: can't 97(2f)<br />

INDEX

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