By L. G. Alexander, R. A. Close
ISBN-10: 0582558921
ISBN-13: 9780582558922
This fundamental consultant offers motives and examples for all of the very important components of grammar.
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E. 1 Adverbial clauses of result Conjunctions and sequence of verb forms in clauses of result These clauses describe consequences. g. How (quick) ? g. How (quickly) ? e. that there were consequences) The children made such a mess! e. that there were consequences) In colloquial English that is sometimes heard in place of so: It was that cold, (that) I could hardly get to sleep The roads were that icy! e. e. e. we got good seats as a result of arriving early) Or: We arrived so early that we got good seats A further difference is that a result clause always follows the main clause, whereas a purpose clause can precede the main clause: So that I shouldn't worry he phoned me on arrival In the spoken language there are differences in intonation between so that (purpose) and so that (result).
As uncountables, the reference is general (Standards of education are falling Light travels faster than sound). countable ('specific') A good education is expensive Try not to make a noise uncountable ('general') Education should be free Noise is a kind of pollution Some countable nouns like this can be plural (a light/lights, a noise/noises). Other nouns (education knowledge) cannot be plural; as countables they often have some kind of qualification (a classical education, a good knowledge of English).
They involve the use of as + adjective + as (as quick as), as + adverb + as (as quickly as) not so/as as -er than, more than, less than 'the. the. When continuing with the same verb in the same tense, we can omit the second verb, so the clause of comparison is implied: He is as quick in answering as his sister (is) He answers as quickly as his sister (does) He is not so/as quick in answering as his sister (is) His sister is quicker than he (is) He moves more slowly than his sister (does) The more you practise the better you get There are instances when we can drop both subject and verb: When I spoke to him on the phone this morning, he was more agreeable than (he was) last night Adverbial clauses of comparison can involve the use of as (or so) much + noun + as and as many + noun + as.
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