Comprehensive Descriptive Grammar of English, A

actualisation adjectives adjuncts adverbial allomorphs Am.E anteriority auxiliary better Bill Br.E complement conditional clause construction context count noun definite article denoting determiner dynamic verbs e.g. cp e.g. John examples express formal English function future tense genitive gerund clause girl going head clause situation hearer if-clause implicature implies indefinite perfect indirect infinitive clause infml informal English interpreted leave look mass nouns meaning modal past morpheme negative never normally Note noun head passive past perfect past situation past tense past time-sphere perfect aspect perfect infinitive person phrasal verbs phrases plural police possible posterior pre-present pre-verb preceded preposition present perfect present tense preterite pro-form pronoun question reference relative clause represented restrictive sector sentences simultaneity singular someone sometimes speak speaker stative stative verbs subclause subjunctive suggest tell temporally subordinated tense form that-clause tion to-infinitive told tomorrow usually verb form wish words