Guide to Patterns and Usage in English

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This Guide is designed for students learning English as a foreign or second language, explaining the composition of modern idiomatic English. Through tables and example sentences, it identifies essential patterns for verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs that are crucial for understanding English sentence structures. It also covers the use of language to express time relations and concepts like requests, conditions, possibility, and obligation. In this revised edition, the author emphasizes the significance of current spoken English by highlighting appropriate stress and pitch features that are integral to the demonstrated patterns. The Guide's close grammatical connection with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, particularly the discussion of the 25 Verb Patterns summarized in the Dictionary, makes it an ideal companion for students and teachers. Anyone wishing to fully benefit from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English should have this revised edition. It explains and demonstrates the Dictionary's grammatical and stylistic aspects through clear teaching patterns and numerous example sentences. Together, the Guide and Dictionary serve as essential resources for mastering the speaking, reading, and writing of modern English.