Pattern in English (RLE: English Language): A Fresh Approach to Grammar by W.H.

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The Nile on eBay Pattern in English (RLE: English Language) by W.H. Mittins This book, first published in 1950, is a collection of what the author felt to be the minimum of English grammar relevant to efficient communication in language. The scope of this title was determined by collecting from children s writings examples of common faults and weaknesses, and it is through these texts that certain concepts emerged as fundamental, including predication, word-order, proximity, equivalents, variety and repetition. Pattern in English will be of interest to students of English language. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Table of Contents Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Simple Sentences; 1. Sentence and Predication 2. Two-Item Basis: Subject and Verb 3. Three-Item Basis: Direct Object 4. Three-Item Basis: Subject-Complement 5. Four-Item Basis: Indirect Object 6. Four-Item Basis: Object-Complement 7. Word-Order: Commands, Questions, Exclamations 8. Case; Part 2: Equivalents; 9. Word, Phrase and Clause 10. Verb-Equivalents 11. Noun-Equivalents 12. Adjective-Equivalents 13. Adverb-Equivalents 14. Revision; Part 3: Assembling the Items; 15. Proximity 16. Link-Words; Part 4: Multiple Sentences; 17. Compound Sentences 18. Complex Sentences: Adjective Clauses 19. Complex Sentences: Adverb Clauses 20. Complex Sentences: Noun Clauses 21. Compound-Complex Sentences 22. Revision; Part 5: Paragraph Patterns; 23. Introduction: Variety v. Repetition 24. Number of Word-Cluste

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781138917118
• Condition: Fine

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