What is English Grammar ? vVA)x~^
The study or use of certain rules of the English language >EVY,
Rules by which words change their forms and are combined into sentences O/N
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So English Grammar studies the words and sentences D|8Pe{`
An Overview of English Grammar w~}*MsB
Parts of speech (词类): xE0'eC5n^
noun, article, pronoun, numeral, adjective, verb(auxiliaries--primary ~, model verbs), adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection rAuv`.qEV
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verb phrases, noun phrases, prepositional phrases, participial phrases, infinitive phrases _e9S"``
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simple, compound, complex, compound-complex ;7
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child→children, man→men, woman→women, foot→feet, tooth→teeth, goose→geese, mouse→mice, ox→oxen IXz)xdP
autos, dynamos, pianos, kilos, photos; radios, ratios, zoos, bamboos, portfolios, studios(cargoes, Negroes, tomatoes, potatoes heroes) 5nQxVwY
beliefs, chiefs, cliffs, gulfs, proofs, roofs, safes(loaf → loaves, wolf→ wolves, leaf→ leaves, knife→knives, thief→thieves, life→lives, shelf→shelves) u3VSS4RG%
名 词 的 数(少数名词的复数形式是不规则的) Z~s"
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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 :JI&ngWK
单复数一样的名词有:aircraft, spacecraft, Chinese, deer, fish, Japanese, means, series, species等 =KCAHNr4?
hair和fruit一般情况下用单数,表示总体
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police和cattle的谓语形式总是用复数形式 av; ~e<
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my uncle’s, the barber’s, the chemist’s, o;^k"bo6
the Smiths(一家), the Smiths’(的住所), the Smith’s(的家) ;q;}2
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He is nothing but a singer. 他只不过是个唱歌的。 (vXes.|+t
Nothing but a miracle can save us. 只有奇迹才能救我们。 ^j)0&}fB
She is anything but beautiful. 她并不美。 C3#mmiL-
John is anything but a liar. 约翰决不是个骗子。 e ab_"W
He has seen something of life. 他略有阅历。 Ug=)_~
I’m something of a cook. 我略懂烹饪。 9D+B~8[SQ
He is not much of a scholar. 他算不上个很好(高明)的学者。 $
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The new arrival was none other than the President. o$[alh;c+W
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We did the work none too well. 我们活干得一点也不好。 ML= :&M!ao
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There are no less than five hundred people present at the New Year party. *(pmFEc
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Rather than allow the potatoes to go bad, she sold them at half price.
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虚 拟 语 气 r:QLO~l/
情态动词 n\x@~ SzrX
非谓语动词:不定式,-ING分词,-ED分词 4a6WQVS
被 动 语 态 }1)tALA
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 8F#z)>q~
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As [A] the proverb says [B] , “ Good medicine is tasted [C] bitter to [D] the mouth.” n( } zq
虚拟语气的特殊表现形式: &0='z
lest, for fear that和in case引起的从句(这时谓语多用should+加动词原形) 9BA*e-[
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Every attention must be paid to him lest he (should) feel that he is inferior to my other guests. 。) w
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He’s working hard for fear that he should fail in the exam. A/%+AH(
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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 ;:/<