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The study or use of certain rules of the English language G?&0Z++
Rules by which words change their forms and are combined into sentences Eh#W*Bg
So English Grammar studies the words and sentences B<xBuW
An Overview of English Grammar mNc(
Parts of speech (词类): :-xp'_\L
noun, article, pronoun, numeral, adjective, verb(auxiliaries--primary ~, model verbs), adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection Ms=x~o'
Phrases(短语): %L=roqz
verb phrases, noun phrases, prepositional phrases, participial phrases, infinitive phrases aU<0<Dx
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child→children, man→men, woman→women, foot→feet, tooth→teeth, goose→geese, mouse→mice, ox→oxen i{I'+%
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autos, dynamos, pianos, kilos, photos; radios, ratios, zoos, bamboos, portfolios, studios(cargoes, Negroes, tomatoes, potatoes heroes) eVjr/nm
beliefs, chiefs, cliffs, gulfs, proofs, roofs, safes(loaf → loaves, wolf→ wolves, leaf→ leaves, knife→knives, thief→thieves, life→lives, shelf→shelves) |F-_Y
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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 ?9mFI (r~
单复数一样的名词有:aircraft, spacecraft, Chinese, deer, fish, Japanese, means, series, species等 wz +
hair和fruit一般情况下用单数,表示总体 I?c# T Rm
police和cattle的谓语形式总是用复数形式 q{n~v>wU
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John’s and Tom’s room (c.f. John and Tom’s room) @2v L'6
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He is nothing but a singer. 他只不过是个唱歌的。 +_|M*%
Nothing but a miracle can save us. 只有奇迹才能救我们。 B=%cXW,
She is anything but beautiful. 她并不美。 68V66:0
John is anything but a liar. 约翰决不是个骗子。 *>n<7T0
He has seen something of life. 他略有阅历。 ;hA>?o_i(
I’m something of a cook. 我略懂烹饪。 s4Lqam!
He is not much of a scholar. 他算不上个很好(高明)的学者。 =>-:o:Cu{
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We did the work none too well. 我们活干得一点也不好。 }
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There are no less than five hundred people present at the New Year party.
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Rather than allow the potatoes to go bad, she sold them at half price. Vcz ExP
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非谓语动词:不定式,-ING分词,-ED分词 CMB:%
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主动形式表示被动意义,如某些系动词如cook, feel, prove, smell和taste等其主动语态表示被动的意义 q4'szDYO2
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虚拟语气的特殊表现形式: S&_Z,mT./
lest, for fear that和in case引起的从句(这时谓语多用should+加动词原形) 4Xi
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Every attention must be paid to him lest he (should) feel that he is inferior to my other guests. 。) QxZYy}2
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介词短语表示虚拟: but for, but that…, in case of, otherwise, supposing, under more favourable condition, without 等表示让步假设 B64L>7\>`
He worked very hard; otherwise he might have failed. 0NrUB
We could have done better under more favorable conditions Gx/sJ(
虚拟语气的特殊表现形式: IaMZPl
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If I had a bike(now), I would have lent it to you yesterday. UJ0fYTeuI
I am very sorry if I had done anything wrong to you, but I am sure that it was unintentional. GcN[bH(@
虚拟语气的特殊表现形式: HwfBbWHr'
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I’d rather you _____ anything about it for the time being. 1AMxZ (e
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情态动词 EGpN@
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