A Student's Introduction to English Grammar

1.2 Adjectives vs nouns § 1.2 Adjectives vs nouns 113 The properties given above make it a generally easy matter to distin­ guis ...

(^114) Chapter 6 Adjectives and adverbs (d) Function The attributive and predicative uses of adjectives do not provide a good te ...

§ 1.3 Adjectives vs verbs 115 Less obvious, however, is the construction in [iii] with its special interpretation. In most cases ...

116 Chapter 6 Adjectives and adverbs the sense "fairly, quite"; and too, in the sense "excessively". The adverb too can also mea ...

§ lA Adjectives vs determinatives^117 we add very (They are very entertaining can only mean "They are very enjoy­ able") or repl ...

118 Chapter 6 Adjectives and adverbs 1.5 Gradable and non-gradable adjectives We have said that prototypical adjectives have com ...

§ 1.7 Predicative complements and predicative adjuncts^119 example, requires a PP complement with on (or upon); and conversant c ...

120 Chapter 6 Adjectives and adverbs 1.8 Adjectives restricted to attributive or predicative function Although most adjectives c ...

[28] PREDICATIVE a. She was devoted to her children. 11 a. She was cautious to excess. § 1.9 Other functions of AdjPs 121 ATTRIB ...

122 Chapter 6 Adjectives and adverbs One type are AdjPs containing how, as, so, too, this or that as modifier, as in [i]. There ...

§2.2 Adverbs vs adjectives 123 Not only do adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs, they also modify determinatives, ...

124 Chapter 6 Adjectives and adverbs Impressive and impressively can both function as modifier (here of noun and verb respective ...

Complements Exercises 125 A few adverbs fonned with the ·ly suffix license complements: [40] i Purchase of State vehicles is han ...

(^126) Chapter 6 Adjectives and adverbs ambiguous between the two categories in the examples given? Give evidence for your answe ...

.:: Prepositions and preposition phrases 1 The traditional class of prepositions 127 2 Extending the membership of the class 128 ...

(^128) Chapter 7 Prepositions and preposition phrases [2] TRADITIONALLY A PREPOSITION TRADITIONALLY NOT A PREPOSITION a. The sun ...

§2.1 Prepositions vs subordinators 129 Notice first the effect of the NP complement condition on how we have to clas­ sify the w ...

130 Chapter 7 Prepositions and preposition phrases The words in [i] traditionally belong to the preposition class as well, where ...

[8] TRADITIONAL PREPOSITION a. She went aboard the liner. 11 a. He sat outside her bedroom. §2.2 Prepositions vs adverbs^131 TRA ...

(^132) Chapter 7 Prepositions and preposition phrases The [a] examples, with a PP functioning as complement of be, are impeccabl ...