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The study or use of certain rules of the English language TFC!u0Y"$
Rules by which words change their forms and are combined into sentences 9j?hF$L"
So English Grammar studies the words and sentences Iq0 #A5U%
An Overview of English Grammar
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Parts of speech (词类): I4<{R
noun, article, pronoun, numeral, adjective, verb(auxiliaries--primary ~, model verbs), adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection &Ev]x2YC
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verb phrases, noun phrases, prepositional phrases, participial phrases, infinitive phrases RC8)f8
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child→children, man→men, woman→women, foot→feet, tooth→teeth, goose→geese, mouse→mice, ox→oxen }+dM1 O
autos, dynamos, pianos, kilos, photos; radios, ratios, zoos, bamboos, portfolios, studios(cargoes, Negroes, tomatoes, potatoes heroes) A )RI:?+
beliefs, chiefs, cliffs, gulfs, proofs, roofs, safes(loaf → loaves, wolf→ wolves, leaf→ leaves, knife→knives, thief→thieves, life→lives, shelf→shelves) qXU:A-IdIl
名 词 的 数(少数名词的复数形式是不规则的) r%TLv
analysis→analyses, axis →axes(轴心) bacterium→bacteria, basis→bases, crisis→crises, criterion→criteria, datum→data, thesis → theses, formula→formulae(或formulas), fungus→fungi, medium → media, phenomenon→phenomena, syllabus→syllabi, thesis→theses $&= 4.7Yt
单复数一样的名词有:aircraft, spacecraft, Chinese, deer, fish, Japanese, means, series, species等 Pu$kj"|q*[
hair和fruit一般情况下用单数,表示总体 qP;{3FSkAF
police和cattle的谓语形式总是用复数形式 P e$^Mo.q
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John’s and Tom’s room (c.f. John and Tom’s room) FI?gT
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the Smiths(一家), the Smiths’(的住所), the Smith’s(的家) 9<t9a
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He is nothing but a singer. 他只不过是个唱歌的。 [!J
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Nothing but a miracle can save us. 只有奇迹才能救我们。 ?qf:_G
She is anything but beautiful. 她并不美。 aPD?Bh>JU
John is anything but a liar. 约翰决不是个骗子。 ;g:
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He has seen something of life. 他略有阅历。 6\,DnO
I’m something of a cook. 我略懂烹饪。 z'?7]C2b
He is not much of a scholar. 他算不上个很好(高明)的学者。 f$1Gu
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We did the work none too well. 我们活干得一点也不好。 XGE
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