Current English: A Guide for the User of English in IndiaOxford University Press, 2001 - 183 Seiten Current English: A Guide for the User of English in India identifies English expressions used by Indians and provides the correct Standard English from when necessary, as well as numerous tips on style, and the origin of terms. |
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... clause . In short we have to do with a different structure here altogether . Where the connection between the event in the subordinate clause and the adjective in the main clause is more direct and palpable , i.e. if there is a cause ...
... clause . In short we have to do with a different structure here altogether . Where the connection between the event in the subordinate clause and the adjective in the main clause is more direct and palpable , i.e. if there is a cause ...
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... clauses which express a condition which has not been fulfilled are called clauses of ' rejected condition ' . In such cases the if - clause has a verb in the past tense ( knew , wanted ) ; the main clause also has a verb in the past ...
... clauses which express a condition which has not been fulfilled are called clauses of ' rejected condition ' . In such cases the if - clause has a verb in the past tense ( knew , wanted ) ; the main clause also has a verb in the past ...
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... clause where the clause identifies the ' head ' . In The lion which escaped from the zoo was caught , the clause tells us which lion was caught ; the one that escaped from the zoo . But there are also adjective clauses which do not ...
... clause where the clause identifies the ' head ' . In The lion which escaped from the zoo was caught , the clause tells us which lion was caught ; the one that escaped from the zoo . But there are also adjective clauses which do not ...
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adjective adjective form adverb agreement alternative American asked associated auxiliary British English called cliché collocations common considered construction contexts correct form curate's egg D.H. Lawrence Deccan Herald Dictionary discussed distinction earlier English Usage example expression fact flabbergasted Fowler give given grammar head noun Hobson-Jobson idioms if-clause Indian English Indian Parliament indicate Kannada language look luggage main clause meaning meet metaphors modifier negation negative noun phrase object one's Oxford oxymoron past perfect person pleonasm plural form positive possible predicate preposition pronoun question quote Raja Rao Rajya Sabha reason reference relative clause Sabha seen sense sentence singular situation someone speak speaker split infinitive Standard English structure suggestion superlative Supposing talk tautology tell tense term thing user of English usually verb Viv Richards word writer