Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Brief introduction to the French language (with reference to the French of francophone countries) |
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1 | (14) |
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15 | (10) |
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2 Alphabet, spelling, pronunciation |
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25 | (46) |
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71 | (5) |
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4 Punctuation, font, upper and lower case |
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76 | (14) |
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90 | (11) |
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101 | (9) |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (6) |
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119 | (37) |
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10 Number (singular and plural) |
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156 | (21) |
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11 Verbs and moods of verbs |
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177 | (6) |
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12 Infinitive, perfect infinitive |
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183 | (7) |
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190 | (5) |
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14 Perfect tense and agreement of the past participle |
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195 | (14) |
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15 Irregular past participles |
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209 | (5) |
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16 Past participles used as nouns |
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214 | (10) |
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17 Ablative absolute (absolute use of the past participle) |
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224 | (5) |
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18 Verb + infinitive when verb + that + subordinate clause is used in English |
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229 | (4) |
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233 | (5) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (7) |
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246 | (4) |
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23 Contrasts between the perfect tense, preterit tense and imperfect tense |
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250 | (5) |
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255 | (5) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (5) |
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27 Conditional perfect tense |
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267 | (4) |
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28 Progressive tense, present participle, gerund |
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271 | (7) |
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278 | (11) |
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289 | (14) |
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31 Verbs of the -er type with orthographic changes |
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303 | (5) |
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32 Transitive and intransitive verbs |
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308 | (6) |
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314 | (11) |
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325 | (8) |
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333 | (6) |
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339 | (11) |
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37 Ellipsis of verbs in main and subordinate clauses |
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350 | (6) |
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38 Idiomatic uses of aller, avoir, etre, faire and prendre |
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356 | (20) |
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376 | (7) |
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40 Verbs of perception + infinitive or a subordinate clause |
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383 | (3) |
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41 Subordinate clauses of time |
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386 | (5) |
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42 Complex verbal expressions |
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391 | (11) |
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402 | (7) |
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409 | (26) |
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45 Personal pronouns and pronouns as objects |
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435 | (17) |
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452 | (8) |
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47 Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns |
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460 | (7) |
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48 Possessive adjectives, definite articles and usage with parts of the body and with clothes |
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467 | (5) |
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472 | (12) |
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50 Interrogative pronouns, adjectives and adverbs |
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484 | (10) |
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494 | (11) |
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505 | (17) |
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522 | (18) |
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54 Comparative adjectives, adverbs and nouns |
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540 | (8) |
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55 Superlative adjectives, adverbs and nouns |
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548 | (9) |
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557 | (52) |
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57 Demonstrative adjectives |
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609 | (4) |
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58 Demonstrative pronouns |
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613 | (5) |
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59 Indefinite pronouns and adjectives, and tout as an adverb |
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618 | (11) |
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629 | (6) |
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635 | (9) |
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62 Numbers, time, measurements |
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644 | (14) |
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658 | (17) |
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64 Names of continents, countries, regions, states, provinces, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and their uses |
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675 | (11) |
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686 | (6) |
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66 Foreign words and borrowings |
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692 | (8) |
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67 Differences in frequency of similar words in the two languages |
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700 | (3) |
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68 Miscellaneous: truncation, interjections, fillers, transition words, forms of address, figures of speech, doublets, informal |
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703 | (16) |
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Verb tables |
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Glossary |
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760 | (13) |
Bibliography |
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773 | (3) |
General index |
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776 | (8) |
Subjunctive index |
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