Collins Cobuild English Grammar (220 page)

titles
1.55
,
9.97

adjectival clause
see
 
relative clauses

adjectives
2.2
–
2.122

•attributive adjectives
2.42
–
2.43

•classifying adjectives
2.26
–
2.28
,
2.83
–
2.84
,
8.183

•colour adjectives
2.9
,
2.30
–
2.34

•compound adjectives
2.16
,
2.94
–
2.102

•
-ed
adjectives
2.15
,
2.77
–
2.93

•emphasizing adjectives
2.36
–
2.39

•
-ing
adjectives
2.15
,
2.63
–
2.76

•predicative adjectives
2.44
–
2.53

•qualitative adjectives
2.22
–
2.25
,
2.80

•that can be both classifying and qualitative
2.29

used as nouns
1.66
–
1.72

using adjectives as nouns
1.170

order of adjectives
2.14

talking about different amounts of a quality
2.18
,
2.140
–
2.156

adjective structures
2.19
–
2.21

showing disapproval
2.37
,
2.38

postdeterminers
2.40

only used in front of a noun
2.42
–
2.43

that always follow a linking verb
2.44
–
2.50

followed by
to
-infinitive clauses
2.51
–
2.52

followed by
that
-clauses
2.53

position in noun phrases
2.54
–
2.55

lists of adjectives used after a noun
2.58
–
2.59

different meanings when used in front of or after a noun
2.59
–
2.60

saying that there is enough of a quality
2.149
–
2.151

saying that there is not enough of a quality
2.152

saying that there is too much of a quality
2.153
–
2.156

comparatives and superlatives
2.203
–
2.122

with fractions
2.241

as complements
3.132
–
3.137
,
3.162
–
3.171

with
how
in
wh-
questions
5.32

adding
-ly
to make adverbs
6.5
,
R137
–
R143

that do not form adverbs
6.27

with nominal
that
-clauses
8.119

ways of linking adjectives
8.184
–
8.187
,
8.201

with plural nouns
8.185

adjectives in impersonal
it
structures
9.36
,
9.42

adverbial clauses
8.6
–
8.82

•clauses of manner
8.78

•concessive clauses
8.65

•conditional clauses
8.25
–
8.26

•place clauses
8.73
–
8.77

•purpose clauses
8.43
–
8.48

•reason clauses
8.49
–
8.53

•reporting conditional statements
7.59

•result clauses
8.54
–
8.64

•time clauses
8.8

adverbials
6.1
–
6.121

•adverbials of direction
6.93
–
6.97

•adverbials of duration
4.123
–
4.144

•adverbials of frequency
4.114
–
4.122

•adverbials of position
6.84
–
6.92

•adverbials of time
4.1
–
4.112

•sentence adverbials
10.48
–
10.56

see also
 
adverbs
and
prepositional phrases

for indicating duration and frequency
4.4
–
4.5

position of
6.7

for focusing
9.56

for being specific
9.57
–
9.58

for emphasizing
9.62

adverb particles
6.54

adverbs
6.16

•adverbs of degree
6.45
–
6.46

•adverbs of manner
6.36

•adverbs of place
6.53

•focusing adverbs
9.64

•indefinite place adverbs
6.61

-ly
time adverbs
4.120

types of adverb
6.15

meanings related to adjectives
6.17

spelling
6.18
–
6.19

same form as adjective
6.24
–
6.25

not related to adjectives
6.29

emphasizing adverbs
6.49
–
6.50

showing position
6.54
–
6.58

indicating destinations and targets
6.65

after nouns
6.72

formation
R136
–
R149

advice and warnings
5.36

reporting advice
7.39
–
7.42

affirmative
5.6
–
5.9

after

relating events or periods of time
4.107
–
4.108

in expressions of duration
4.129
–
4.130
,
4.139

as preposition indicating direction
6.95

in time clauses
8.15

again
4.119

age
2.212
,
2.258
–
2.263

exact age
2.259

approximate age
2.260
–
2.262

of a thing
2.263

agreement

noun–verb agreement
1.16
,
1.24
,
1.35
,
1.46
,
1.48

with collective nouns
1.48
–
1.50

with adjectives as headwords
1.68

with
they
or
them
1.123

with indefinite pronouns
1.129

possessive determiners with noun
1.199

with quantity expressions
2.181
,
2.187

with partitives
2.194

with cardinal numbers
2.217
–
2.218

with fractions
2.244

with place names
6.124

with two noun groups as subject
8.177

first word of finite verb phrase and subject
R92

all
1.242

used instead of personal pronoun
1.156

as indefinite determiner
1.224
–
1.225
,
1.242

as predeterminer
1.251

all of
2.179
–
2.180

in expressions of duration
4.135

at start of split sentences
9.28

almost
5.87

already
4.84

although
8.66
,
8.71

always
4.45

amounts
2.194
,
2.176
–
2.207

omitting
of
2.190
–
2.191

partitives
2.194
–
2.207

partitives with uncountable nouns
2.195
–
2.198

partitives referring to contents and containers
2.200

ending in
-ful
2.201
–
2.203

partitives referring to parts and fractions
2.204

partitives referring to individual items
2.205

pair of
2.206
–
2.207

an
see
 
a
and
an

and

with
between
expressing a range of numbers
2.271

linking two verbs:
try and …
,
come and …
, etc
3.200