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Advanced written English / Macpherson, Robin
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Advanced written English
Wydawnictwo
Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2001
ISBN
8301135751
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Preface............................................................................................... 8
Glossary of Concepts ....................................................................... 9
Vocabulary ........................................................................................ 19
Lexical Choice Involving Parts of Speech ................................. 19
Nominalisations........................................................................ 19
Adverbs vs. Verbs .................................................................... 22
Proper Adjectives ..................................................................... 24
Adjectives vs. Prepositional Modifiers..................................... 25
Frequent Problems with Specific Lexical Items ........................ 27
Belong ...................................................................................... 27
Gtf ............................................................................................ 28
Emerge, Happen, Occur, Prove, Turn Out.................................. 30
Namely and Related Expressions.............................................. 32
Easy, Difficult, Possible, Impossible......................................... 34
Value ......................................................................................... 36
Citizen ...................................................................................... 37
Selected Structural Peculiarities ..................................................... 39
Appositions I............................................................................ 39
Appositions II: Appositions vs. Prepositional Structures ......... 43
Because in Negative Sentences ................................................ 47
Being and Having ..................................................................... 50
Be + to-infinitive ...................................................................... 54
Comment Clauses with As........................................................ 55
Complements and the VerbTo Be............................................. 57
Constructions with Ay and Than ............................................... 61
Gerunds .................................................................................... 64
Most.......................................................................................... 66
Of: Many of..., Most of..., Some of... etc. ................................. 67
Problems with Negative Sentences .......................................... 69
Relative Clauses and the Comma ............................................. 73
r/^>*>......................................................................................... 77
What, Which etc........................................................................ 83
Stylistic Devices................................................................................ 89
Cleft Sentences with the Pronoun It......................................... 89
Emphatic Word Order: 'Fronting'............................................ 92
I: Hanlly, Only, Rarely, Scwcely etc................................ 92
II: With As and Though .................................................... 95
Relative Clauses in Apposition ................................................ 98
Clarity and Syntax ........................................................................... 103
Abrupt Sentence Endings ......................................................... 103
Coordination............................................................................. 106
I: Unjustified Change of Subject..................................... 106
II: Concord and Gender Bias............................................ 108
III: Absence of Parallel Structure ...................................... 112
IV: Unjustified Change of Person...................................... 117
V: 'Dangling Participles'.................................................. 118
Splices ...................................................................................... 119
Unclear Antecedents I.............................................................. 121
Unclear Antecedents II - The Pronoun It................................. 123
Un-English Syntax ................................................................... 126
I: Verb and Object .......................................................... 126
II: Main and Subordinate Clauses .................................... 127
III: Composite Attributive Expressions ............................. 129
IV: Parallel Expressions .................................................... 132
V: Active vs. Passive........................................................ 134
Rhetorical Enhancers: Conjunctions and Discourse Markers...... 136
Concession and Contrast.......................................................... 136
Similarity and Contrast............................................................. 141
Therefore and Related Expressions ........................................... 145
"In My Opinion..." ................................................................... 148
Articles: A Few Tips.......................................................................... 152
Punctuation ...................................................................................... 161
(The Comma - see Relative Clauses and the Comma .............. 73)
The Colon................................................................................. 161
The Dash .................................................................................. 165
Inverted Commas ..................................................................... 168
The Semicolon.......................................................................... 172
Key to the Exercises ......................................................................... 177
Index ................................................................................................. 203
Glossary of Concepts ....................................................................... 9
Vocabulary ........................................................................................ 19
Lexical Choice Involving Parts of Speech ................................. 19
Nominalisations........................................................................ 19
Adverbs vs. Verbs .................................................................... 22
Proper Adjectives ..................................................................... 24
Adjectives vs. Prepositional Modifiers..................................... 25
Frequent Problems with Specific Lexical Items ........................ 27
Belong ...................................................................................... 27
Gtf ............................................................................................ 28
Emerge, Happen, Occur, Prove, Turn Out.................................. 30
Namely and Related Expressions.............................................. 32
Easy, Difficult, Possible, Impossible......................................... 34
Value ......................................................................................... 36
Citizen ...................................................................................... 37
Selected Structural Peculiarities ..................................................... 39
Appositions I............................................................................ 39
Appositions II: Appositions vs. Prepositional Structures ......... 43
Because in Negative Sentences ................................................ 47
Being and Having ..................................................................... 50
Be + to-infinitive ...................................................................... 54
Comment Clauses with As........................................................ 55
Complements and the VerbTo Be............................................. 57
Constructions with Ay and Than ............................................... 61
Gerunds .................................................................................... 64
Most.......................................................................................... 66
Of: Many of..., Most of..., Some of... etc. ................................. 67
Problems with Negative Sentences .......................................... 69
Relative Clauses and the Comma ............................................. 73
r/^>*>......................................................................................... 77
What, Which etc........................................................................ 83
Stylistic Devices................................................................................ 89
Cleft Sentences with the Pronoun It......................................... 89
Emphatic Word Order: 'Fronting'............................................ 92
I: Hanlly, Only, Rarely, Scwcely etc................................ 92
II: With As and Though .................................................... 95
Relative Clauses in Apposition ................................................ 98
Clarity and Syntax ........................................................................... 103
Abrupt Sentence Endings ......................................................... 103
Coordination............................................................................. 106
I: Unjustified Change of Subject..................................... 106
II: Concord and Gender Bias............................................ 108
III: Absence of Parallel Structure ...................................... 112
IV: Unjustified Change of Person...................................... 117
V: 'Dangling Participles'.................................................. 118
Splices ...................................................................................... 119
Unclear Antecedents I.............................................................. 121
Unclear Antecedents II - The Pronoun It................................. 123
Un-English Syntax ................................................................... 126
I: Verb and Object .......................................................... 126
II: Main and Subordinate Clauses .................................... 127
III: Composite Attributive Expressions ............................. 129
IV: Parallel Expressions .................................................... 132
V: Active vs. Passive........................................................ 134
Rhetorical Enhancers: Conjunctions and Discourse Markers...... 136
Concession and Contrast.......................................................... 136
Similarity and Contrast............................................................. 141
Therefore and Related Expressions ........................................... 145
"In My Opinion..." ................................................................... 148
Articles: A Few Tips.......................................................................... 152
Punctuation ...................................................................................... 161
(The Comma - see Relative Clauses and the Comma .............. 73)
The Colon................................................................................. 161
The Dash .................................................................................. 165
Inverted Commas ..................................................................... 168
The Semicolon.......................................................................... 172
Key to the Exercises ......................................................................... 177
Index ................................................................................................. 203