Title:
English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar by Adrian Wallwork.
Main Entry:
Wallwork, Adrian. author.
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Publisher:
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Date:
2013.
Publication Place:
Boston, MA :
ISBN:
9781461415930
Subject:
Education.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Language and languages.
Education.
Language Education.
Grammar.
Professional & Vocational Education.
Syntax.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Nouns: plurals, countable vs uncountable -- 2. Genitive: the possessive form of nouns.- 3. Indefinite article: a / an -- 4. Definite article: the -- 5. Zero article: no article -- 6. Quantifiers: any, some, much, many, each, every etc -- 7. Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose -- 8. Tenses: present, past, future -- 9. Conditional forms: zero, first, second, third -- 10. Passive vs active: impersonal vs personal forms -- 11. Imperative, infinitive, gerund (-ing form) -- 12. Modal verbs: can, may, could, should, must etc -- 13. Link words (adverbs and conjunctions): also, although, but etc -- 14. Adverbs and prepositions: already, yet, at, in, of etc -- 15. Sentence length, conciseness, clarity and ambiguity -- 16. Word order: nouns and verbs -- 17. Word order: adverbs -- 18. Word order: adjectives and past participles -- 19. Comparative and superlative: -er, -est, irregular forms -- 20. Measurements: abbreviations, symbols, use of articles -- 21. Numbers: words vs numerals, plurals, use of articles etc -- 22. Acronyms: usage, grammar, plurals, punctuation -- 23. Abbreviations and Latin words: usage, meaning, punctuation -- 24. Capitalization: headings, dates, figures etc -- 25. Punctuation: apostrophes, colons, commas etc -- 26. Referring to the literature -- 27. Figures and tables: making reference, writing captions and legends -- 28. Spelling: rules, US vs GB, typical typos -- Appendix 1 - Verbs, nouns and adjectives + prepositions -- Appendix 2 - Glossary of terms used in this book -- Index.
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