Real Grammar. A Corpus-Based Approach to English

An innovative corpus-based grammar text, Real Grammar uses the latest corpus research to show how 50 grammatical structures and expressions are used in speech and writing. Table of Contents PART I           VERB TENSES UNIT 1           Did you want more coffee?                         Simple Past Tense in Polite Offers UNIT 2           He's looking at me…                         Progressive Verbs vs. Simple Verbs UNIT 3           Studies have shown…                         Discovery verbs and Existence Verbs PART II          SPECIAL USES OF VERBS UNIT 4           I didn't get a chance…                         Meaning of Get UNIT 5           Did you have fun today?                         Meaning of Have + Noun Phrase UNIT 6           It really made a difference…                         Meaning to Make + Noun Phrase UNIT 7           Let's take a look at it                         Meaning of Take + Noun Phrase UNIT 8           I felt good about it                         Linking Verbs UNIT 9           Tell me that story                         Verbs with Two Objects UNIT 10         Reports suggest that…                         Action Verbs with inanimate Subjects PART III        MODALS UNIT 11         I might go to Japan                         Possibility Modals UNIT 12         A compromise must be reached                         Necessity Modals PART IV        MULTI-WORD VERBS UNIT 13         Come on!                         Phrasal Verbs UNIT 14         I can't think of his name now                         Verb + Preposition UNIT 15         I have to get out of here                         Three-Word Phrasal Verbs PART V          THE PASSIVE UNIT 16         No significant difference was found                         Passive Voice UNIT 17         The accident was caused by failure of…                         Passive with a By-Phrase UNIT 18         Further details can be found in…                         Passive Verb + Preposition PART VI        NOUNS, ARTICLES, AND PRONOUNS UNIT 19         That's an important thing to know                         The Nouns People and Thing UNIT 20         I love fitness and stuff like that                         Imprecise Noun Phrases UNIT 21         The chair of the committee                         Nonsexist Language Choices UNIT 22         The introduction of technology                         The Definite Article UNIT 23         Yeah, that's right!                         The Pronouns This and That PART VII       ADJECTIVES AN ADVERBS UNIT 24         He did a nice job                         The Adjectives Good and Nice UNIT 25         Do this quick                         Adjective and Adverb Choices UNIT 26         That's pretty weird                         Amplifiers and Downtoners UNIT 27         Women are different from men                         Adjective + Preposition UNIT 28         It looks pretty awful though                         Though and Anyway UNIT 29         Finally, on the negative side…                         Transitions UNIT 30         It would thus appear that …                         Position of Transitions PART VIII     GERUNDS, INFINITIVES, AND CLAUSES WITH THAT   UNIT 31         I don't think it will be a problem                         Verb + Noun Clause for Uncertainty UNIT 32         I think I can find it                         Deletion of That in Noun Clauses UNIT 33         She seemed to like him a lot                         Verb + infinitive UNIT 34         We couldn't stop laughing                         Verb + Gerund UNIT 35         This is happens                         Be + Noun Clause UNIT 36         It is possible that                         That-Clauses or Infinitive Phrases for Attitudes PART IX        REPORTED SPEECH   UNIT 37         …and she goes oh don't worry                         Reporting What Someone Said UNIT 38         The authors argue that…                         Reporting What Someone Wrote PART X          NOUN MODIFICATION   UNIT 39         Evidence for life on Mars                         Modifiers in Noun Phrases UNIT 40         Voter registration procedures                         Adjectives and Nouns to Modify a Noun UNIT 41         A question which is often asked                         Adjective Clauses and Relative Pronoun Choice UNIT 42         That's the way I look at it                         Adjective Clauses with Adverb Meaning UNIT 43         Is there anything I can do?                         Pronoun Modified by Adjective Clauses UNIT 44         I've got a lot to do                         Noun + Infinitive UNIT 45         The approach used in nursing                         Adjective Phrases UNIT 46         A number of reasons                         Prepositional Phrases Modifying Nouns UNIT 47         He saluted me, which I enjoyed                         Adjective Clauses That Modify Sentences PART XI        SPECIAL FEATURES OF CONVERSATION UNIT 48         Well, I better get going                         Discourse Markers UNIT 49         Me too.                         Incomplete Sentences UNIT 50         The stuff I thought you could use                         Complex Grammar in Conversation