DK Grammar Guide
299 Some verbs can take either “to” or “for,” depending on the context. “To” is usually used when there is a transfer of somethi ...
300 Some nouns are always followed by the same preposition when used in a sentence. Some nouns can take one of a choice of prepo ...
301 FURTHER EXAMPLES Some adjectives, verbs, and nouns can be followed by a choice of prepositions. The meaning of the phrase is ...
302 Coordinating conjunctions are words that link words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance. There are special rules for us ...
303 “OR” “NOR” “Or” is most often used to list two or more choices or alternatives. “Or” can also be used to talk about the cons ...
304 “But” is used to join a positive statement to a negative statement, or to show a contrast between two clauses. “Yet” has a s ...
305 When “so” is a conjunction, it is used to show that something happens as a consequence of something else. “SO” FURTHER EXAMP ...
306 Subordinating conjunctions See also: Present simple 1 Modal verbs 56 Defining relative clauses 81 “In order to” has a simila ...
307 This is the main clause. “Because” is used before giving the reason. This is the reason. “Because” is used to talk about why ...
308 “WHEN” English uses “when” as a conjunction to talk about events or actions in the future that must happen before another ev ...
309 Future forms are not used after “when” and “as soon as,” even if the clause is referring to the future. COMMON MISTAKES TENS ...
310 More linking words Some words can be used to show a relationship between two sentences, or parts of a sentence. This can be ...
311 Some linking words are mostly used in informal writing and speech. INFORMAL LINKING WORDS Shows contrast. Shows comparison. ...
312 CONJUNCTIONS Linking words overview Coordinating conjunctions join together two words, phrases, or clauses of equal importan ...
313 Conjunctions are linking words that describe the relationship between two parts of a sentence. They can be coordinating or s ...
314 Prefixes are small groups of letters which can be added to the start of many words to give them different meanings. Prefixes ...
315 Some words can take more than one kind of prefix to give different meanings. COMMON PREFIXES USING PREFIXES PREFIX MEANING S ...
316 Suffixes are small groups of letters which can be added to the end of many words to give them different meanings. Suffixes a ...
317 Some words can take more than one kind of suffix to give different meanings. COMMON SUFFIXES USING SUFFIXES SUFFIX MEANING S ...
318 Certain suffixes are only used for specific types of words. The suffix of a word can sometimes show what part of speech the ...
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