B
Be:
in questions, 19
simple past (was, were), 26
simple present (am, is, are), 4
Be about to, 74
Be + adjective, 166,292
followed by that-clause (am sorry that),
415
Be mid, 4 15,4 1751.
Because, 239
Before, 48,65,16 1
Be going to, 56
vs, will, 63
Be +-ing (islwas eatink,, 4,39
Be + past participle fie interested in), 277,
292 (SEE ALSO Passive)
followed by noun clauses (be wrled
that), 415
Be supposed to, 307
Better:
and best, 253
had better, 190,203
like... better, 218
Be used to/accustomed to, 303
But, 228,230
By:
followed by -kg (by doing), 384
with passive (by-phrase), 276,282
with reflexive pronoun (by myselfi,
178
vs. with, 384
Capitalization, 226,339
Clauses, defined, 48fn., 343fn. (SEE ALSO
Adjective clauses; Adverb clauses; If-
clauses; Noun clauses;Tie clauses)
Commas:
with adverb clauses, 48,239
in connecting ideas:
with and, 226
with but and or, 228
vs. periods, 226
in quoted speech, 420
in a series, 228
Comparatives (mod-er), 252-253,257
with adjectives and adverbs, 253
double (the more... the more), 263
with modiiers, 258
with nouns, 26 1
repeated (more and more), 262
Comparisons, 248-275
as... as, 248
comparatives(morel-er), 252-253,265
same, similar, different, like, alike, 27 1
superIatives (most/-est), 252-253,265
Conjunctions (and, but, or, so), 226,228,230
Consonants, 13jh
Continuous verbs (SEE Progressive verbs)
Contractions of verbs:
with nor:
hasn't, haven't, 85
isn't, aren't, 4
mustn't, 207
shouldn't, 202
wm 't, wren 't, 2 6
won't, 59
with nouns:
have, has, 87
will, 59
with pronouns:
am, is, are, 4
had, 113,203
have, has, 85,87
will, 59
would, 199,218
with question words, 128
who's vs. whose, 135,359fn.
use of, 128fi.
Could, 190
past ability, 19 1