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Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. 1. Scope and Purpose of the Book 1
5. 2. What is grammar? 3
6. 3. Phrases and Sentences 5
7. 4. Four types of simple sentences 7
8. 5. Two parts of a simple sentence: subject and predicate I 9
9. 6. Functions of words in sentences 23
10. 7. Parts of Speech I 27
11. 8. Two Parts of a Simple Sentence: Subject and Predicate II 49
12. 9. Definition of a phrase 65
13. 10. Transitivity of Verbs: Transitive verbs and intransitive verbs 67
14. 11. Voice of Verbs 69
15. 12. Tense of Verbs 81
16. 13. Aspect of Verbs 89
17. 14. Mood of Verbs 93
18. 15. Summary of components of a simple sentence: one subject and predicate 95
19. 16. Parts of Speech II 97
20. 17. Case 101
21. 18. Person 111
22. 19. Number 115
23. 20. Grammatical Gender 119
24. 21. Tables of personal pronouns and pronominal adjectives III 121
25. 22. Agreement I 123
26. 23. Apposition: Words in apposition to nouns and pronouns 125
27. 24. Types of Pronouns and Pronominal Adjectives I 127
28. 25. Non-finite verbs 133
29. 26. Grammar and Translation Issues II 155
30. 27. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs 157
31. 28. Phrases II 163
32. 29. Simple sentence components and expansion using non-finite verbs and phrases 171
33. 30. Clauses I: Clauses, simple sentences and composite sentences 173
34. 31. Clauses II: Types of Subordinate Clauses (Dependent Clauses 179
35. 32. Sentence Expansion II: step 4 189
36. 33. Conjunctions 191
37. 34. Phrases III: Conjunctions and temporal phrases 197
38. 35. Types of Pronouns and Pronominal Adjectives II 199
39. 36. Agreement II 203
40. 37. Distinguishing present gerunds from present participles in the active voice 205
41. 38. Clauses III: Six types of Questions 209
42. 39. Clauses IV: Direct and Indirect Speech 213
43. 40. Word Order II 215
44. 41. Parts of Speech Summary II 217
45. 42. Summary of simple sentence components 219
46. 43. Sentence expansion: adding clauses 223
47. 44. Summary of Sentence Analysis Guidelines and Examples 225
48. 45. A Difficult Example 233
49. 46. Grammar and translation issues III: A basic rule of translation 245
50. 47. Verbs with double objects Part II 247
51. 48. Idioms using an indefinite pronoun or an indefinite adverb 249
52. 49. Bibliography and Suggested Reading 251
53. 50. Grammar Reference Glossary and Index 267