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Old Norse and modern English |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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General advice to the student |
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5 | (3) |
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Pronuciation and Orthography |
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8 | (1) |
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8 | (6) |
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9 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (8) |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (4) |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Noun inflexions and their function |
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22 | (38) |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (5) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (6) |
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37 | (1) |
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Difficulties in recognising noun inflexions and ways of overcoming them |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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Important variations in noun inflexion |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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Deviations from the basic endings |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Examples of noun inflexion |
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47 | (6) |
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53 | (3) |
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The suffixed definite article |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (2) |
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Pronoun inflexions and their function |
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60 | (17) |
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61 | (2) |
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Demonstrative pronouns: form |
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63 | (2) |
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Indefinite pronouns: form |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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Interrogative and distributive pronouns: form |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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Examples of pronoun usage |
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68 | (8) |
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76 | (1) |
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Adjective inflexions and their function |
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77 | (38) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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Basic adjective inflexions |
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80 | (4) |
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84 | (1) |
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The free-standing definite article |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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Examples of adjective usage |
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87 | (8) |
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95 | (1) |
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Difficulties in recognising adjective inflexions and ways of overcoming them |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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Important variations in adjective inflexion |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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Deviations from the basic endings |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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Examples of adjective inflexion |
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104 | (7) |
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111 | (4) |
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115 | (9) |
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The numerals and their inflexions |
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115 | (4) |
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119 | (1) |
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Examples of numeral usage |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (7) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Verb inflexions and their function |
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131 | (68) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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Finite and non-finite forms; principal parts |
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146 | (6) |
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152 | (1) |
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Preterite presents and other irregular verbs |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (9) |
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164 | (1) |
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Important variations in verb inflexion |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (1) |
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Examples of verb inflexion |
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171 | (6) |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (1) |
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Prepositions triggering the accusative |
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182 | (2) |
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Prepositions triggering the genitive |
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184 | (1) |
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Prepositions triggering the dative |
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185 | (4) |
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Prepositions triggering the accusative and dative |
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189 | (7) |
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Prepositions triggering the accusative and genitive |
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196 | (1) |
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Prepositions triggering the accusative, genitive and dative |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (21) |
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Coordinating conjunctions |
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202 | (2) |
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Subordinating conjunctions |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (8) |
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212 | (3) |
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Interrogative pronouns and adverbs |
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215 | (3) |
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Other adverbial sentence introducers |
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218 | (3) |
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221 | (2) |
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Residual points of syntax |
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223 | (39) |
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223 | (5) |
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228 | (1) |
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Word-order in noun phrases |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (6) |
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236 | (1) |
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Accusative and infinitive |
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236 | (4) |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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Idiomatic uses of personal pronouns and possessive adjectives |
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244 | (2) |
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The genitive and dative of respect |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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The perfect and past perfect |
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248 | (3) |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (1) |
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Present participles expressing potentiality or obligation |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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Points of syntax affecting more than one type of phrase |
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256 | (1) |
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Adjectival and adverbial complements |
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256 | (1) |
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Agreement between subject, verb and subject complement |
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257 | (2) |
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sk verb forms and `preposition adverbs' |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
| A postscript on `impersonal constructions' |
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262 | (2) |
| References to linguistic terms explained in the Grammar |
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264 | (2) |
| Select glossary of linguistic terms not explained in the Grammar |
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266 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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