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French Grammar and Usage
Here's the extensively revised and updated edition of a reference renowned for its sweeping coverage, straightforward approach, and simple explanations. Teaming up with native speaker, Marie-Noelle Lamy, the authors give extra attention to areas that are especially difficult for English-speaking learners. The guide is designed for people with an intermediate or advanced knowledge in French, and it covers both formal and informal language. The new edition features fresh examples and even easier to use cross-referencing and indexing. Grammar demystified, and usage made crystal clear
480 pages, Paperback
First published August 2, 1996
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Contents
Guide for the user - ix
Glossary of key grammatical terms - xii
Acknowledgements - xvii
Acknowledgements for the second edition - xviii
Acknowledgements for the third edition - xix
1 Nouns - 1
1.1 Types of noun - 1
1.2 Gender - 5
1.3 Number - 19
2 Determiners
2.1 Articles -26
2.2 Typical uses of the definite article - 26
2.3 Typical uses of the indefinite article - 28
2.4 The partitive article: du, de l’, de la, des - 34
2.5 Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne... pas,ne...jamais, ne...plus, ne...guère - 38
2.6 Omission of the article - 39
2.7 Demonstrative determiners - 44
2.8 Possessive determiners - 44
3 Personal and impersonal pronouns - 45
3.1 Subject pronouns - 45
3.2 Object pronouns - 59
3.3 Stressed pronouns - 78
3.4 Demonstrative pronouns - 83
3.5 Possessive pronouns - 84
4 Adjectives - 85
4.1 Adjectives modifying the noun -85
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14 Absolute use of the superlative -106
5 Adverbs - 108
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7 Location of adverbs - 132
6 Numbers,
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9 Quantifiers - 154
7 Verb forms - 157
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6 Verb paradigms - 166
8 Verb constructions - 198
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9 Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun compliments - 221
9 Verb and participle agreement - 222
9.1
9.2.
9.3
9.4 Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses - 234
10 Tense - 237
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8 Tense with 'si' - 256
11 The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives - 257
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5 Imperatives - 285
12 The infinitive - 288
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5
12.6
12.7
12.8
12.9
12.10
12.11 Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive compliments - 310
13 Prepositions - 317
13.1
13.2-13.58
13.59 French translations for common English prepositions - 343
14 Question formation - 350
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.5
14.6
14.7 Indirect questions - 364
15 Relative clauses - 367
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10
15.11 Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses - 380
16 Negation - 383
16.1
16.2
16.3
16.4
16.5
16.6
16.7
16.8
16.9
16.10
16.11
16.12
16.13
16.14
16.15
16.16 'ne' used alone - 398
17 Conjunctions and other linking constructions - 400
17.1
17.2
17.3
17.4
17.5
17.6
17.7
17.8
17.9 Present participles and gerunds - 415
Appendix - 419
Bibliography - 422
Index - 423
Contents
Guide for the user - ix
Glossary of key grammatical terms - xii
Acknowledgements - xvii
Acknowledgements for the second edition - xviii
Acknowledgements for the third edition - xix
1 Nouns - 1
1.1 Types of noun - 1
1.2 Gender - 5
1.3 Number - 19
2 Determiners
2.1 Articles -26
2.2 Typical uses of the definite article - 26
2.3 Typical uses of the indefinite article - 28
2.4 The partitive article: du, de l’, de la, des - 34
2.5 Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne... pas,ne...jamais, ne...plus, ne...guère - 38
2.6 Omission of the article - 39
2.7 Demonstrative determiners - 44
2.8 Possessive determiners - 44
3 Personal and impersonal pronouns - 45
3.1 Subject pronouns - 45
3.2 Object pronouns - 59
3.3 Stressed pronouns - 78
3.4 Demonstrative pronouns - 83
3.5 Possessive pronouns - 84
4 Adjectives - 85
4.1 Adjectives modifying the noun -85
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14 Absolute use of the superlative -106
5 Adverbs - 108
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7 Location of adverbs - 132
6 Numbers,
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9 Quantifiers - 154
7 Verb forms - 157
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6 Verb paradigms - 166
8 Verb constructions - 198
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9 Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun compliments - 221
9 Verb and participle agreement - 222
9.1
9.2.
9.3
9.4 Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses - 234
10 Tense - 237
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8 Tense with 'si' - 256
11 The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives - 257
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5 Imperatives - 285
12 The infinitive - 288
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5
12.6
12.7
12.8
12.9
12.10
12.11 Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive compliments - 310
13 Prepositions - 317
13.1
13.2-13.58
13.59 French translations for common English prepositions - 343
14 Question formation - 350
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.5
14.6
14.7 Indirect questions - 364
15 Relative clauses - 367
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10
15.11 Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses - 380
16 Negation - 383
16.1
16.2
16.3
16.4
16.5
16.6
16.7
16.8
16.9
16.10
16.11
16.12
16.13
16.14
16.15
16.16 'ne' used alone - 398
17 Conjunctions and other linking constructions - 400
17.1
17.2
17.3
17.4
17.5
17.6
17.7
17.8
17.9 Present participles and gerunds - 415
Appendix - 419
Bibliography - 422
Index - 423
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