DK English for Everyone, English Grammar Guide

Deciding and hedging English uses a number of words and phrases to discuss the different sides of an argument or to make sentences sound less definite.

DISCUSSING ARGUMENTS There are specific words and phrases which are used to discuss or compare the good and bad sides of an argument.

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See also: Infinitives and participles 51 More linking words 112 Making conversation 120

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Prepositions 288 Index and Acknowledgments

“Enough” and “too” 286 Glossary

Adverbs of degree 276 Deciding and hedging

Adverbs of time 280 Making conversation

Comparative and superlative adverbs 274 Correcting and changing the subject

Adverbs of manner 272 Sequencing and organizing

Superlative adjectives 268 Easily confused phrases

Subordinating conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions

Adverbs of frequency

Dependent prepositions

Numbers 198 Gradable and non-gradable adjectives

Subject-verb agreement 192 Shortening infinitives

Abstract and concrete nouns 194 Substitution

Prepositions of place

Countable and uncountable nouns 190 Ellipsis

Singular and plural nouns 188 Inversion

Making deductions 164 Possession

“Either / neither / both” 184 Shifting focus

Ability 154 Approximate quantity

Obligations 162 Indefinite pronouns

Suggestions and advice 158 Reflexive pronouns

“This / that / these / those” 176 Question words with “-ever”

Modal verbs 152 Quantity

Future overview 64 Questions overview

Future possibilities 88 Infinitives and participles

Conditional sentences 78 Reported speech overview

The passive with modals 74 Reported speech with negatives

The passive in the future 72 Reporting verbs

Other passive constructions 76 Reported questions

The future in the past 62 Short answers

The future perfect 60 Short questions

The present simple

The past continuous

Past tenses overview

The present perfect continuous

The past simple negative

Present simple questions

The present perfect simple

Imperatives

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