| Preface |
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| Points for the user |
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| 1 Nouns |
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1 | (4) |
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5 | (4) |
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9 | (4) |
| 2 Case |
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13 | (13) |
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13 | (1) |
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Time, distance and measurement phrases |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (3) |
| 3 Personal pronouns |
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26 | (7) |
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Personal pronouns: general |
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26 | (1) |
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Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns |
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26 | (2) |
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Third person pronouns: general |
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28 | (1) |
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Third person pronoun or prepositional adverb? |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (4) |
| 4 The articles |
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33 | (6) |
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Definite article: general |
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33 | (1) |
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Definite article or possessive? |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (4) |
| 5 Other determiners and pronouns |
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39 | (11) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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German equivalents for English 'some' and 'any' |
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49 | (1) |
| 6 Adjectives |
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50 | (10) |
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The use of the strong and weak declensions |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (1) |
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Adjectives and the noun phrase |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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Adjectives with prepositions |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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Comparative and superlative |
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57 | (3) |
| 7 Adverbs |
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60 | (5) |
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60 | (1) |
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Adverbs of place and direction |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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The use of adjectives as adverbs |
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62 | (1) |
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Adverbs of manner, viewpoint and attitude |
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63 | (2) |
| 8 Numerals |
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65 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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Forms and phrases with -ma/or Mal |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
| 9 Modal particles |
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67 | (4) |
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Uses of the modal particles |
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67 | (4) |
| 10 Verbs: conjugation |
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71 | (8) |
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71 | (1) |
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Weak, strong and irregular verbs |
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72 | (2) |
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The past and the pluperfect |
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74 | (2) |
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haben or sein in the perfect? |
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76 | (1) |
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The future and the passive |
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77 | (2) |
| 11 The infinitive and the participles |
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79 | (12) |
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79 | (5) |
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The infinitive without zu |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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Infinitives used as nouns |
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86 | (1) |
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The extended participial phrase |
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87 | (2) |
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Uses of the present and past participles |
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89 | (1) |
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German equivalents of English constructions with the 'ing'-form |
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90 | (1) |
| 12 The tenses |
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91 | (9) |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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The future and the future perfect |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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German equivalents for the English progressive tenses |
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97 | (1) |
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Use of the tenses: general |
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98 | (2) |
| 13 The passive |
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100 | (8) |
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100 | (3) |
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The werden-passive and the sein-passive |
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103 | (1) |
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Von, durch and mit with the passive |
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104 | (1) |
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Alternative passive constructions |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (1) |
| 14 Mood: the imperative and the subjunctive |
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108 | (11) |
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108 | (1) |
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The imperative and the werden-passive |
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108 | (1) |
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The imperative and Konjunktiv I |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (3) |
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Other uses of the subjunctive |
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116 | (2) |
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The subjunctive mood: general |
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118 | (1) |
| 15 The modal auxiliaries |
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119 | (9) |
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Tenses and mood forms of modal verbs |
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119 | (1) |
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Modal verbs in subordinate clauses |
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119 | (1) |
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The omission of the infinitive after the modal verbs |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Konnen, kennen or wissen? |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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The modal auxiliaries: general |
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122 | (6) |
| 16 Verbs: valency |
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128 | (14) |
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Valency, complements and sentence patterns |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (2) |
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Transitive and intransitive verbs |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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Objects and cases: general |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (4) |
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The valency of verbs: general |
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139 | (3) |
| 17 Conjunctions and subordination |
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142 | (5) |
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Coordinating conjunctions |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (3) |
| 18 Prepositions |
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147 | (9) |
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147 | (1) |
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Time phrases with and without prepositions |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (4) |
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Prepositions with similar usage |
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152 | (1) |
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German equivalents for English 'to' |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (2) |
| 19 Word order |
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156 | (15) |
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Clause structure and the position of the verb |
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156 | (4) |
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Initial position in main clauses |
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160 | (3) |
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The order of other elements in the sentence |
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163 | (1) |
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The place of the pronouns |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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The order of elements inside and outside the verbal bracket |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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The position of prepositional objects |
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168 | (1) |
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Word order in multiple subordinate clauses |
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169 | (1) |
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The placing of elements after the final portions of the verb |
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170 | (1) |
| 20 Word formation |
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171 | (8) |
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171 | (1) |
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The formation of adjectives |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (3) |
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175 | (4) |
| 21 Spelling and punctuation |
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179 | (3) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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The use of capitals, 13 and commas |
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180 | (2) |
| Answers to the exercises |
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182 | (65) |
| Glossary of grammatical terms |
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247 | (8) |
| Acknowledgements |
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