Unit One: Introduction

1 Orientation
1.1 Words to Learners
1.2 Regarding Rules of Grammar
1.3 A Happy Median
E1 Exercises for Introduction

2 English ― Indebted， Prestigious and Unpredictable
2.1 The Indebted Status of English: Three Periods of Language Development
2.2 The Prestigious Status of English
2.3 The Unpredictable Status of English: A Poetic Complaint
2.4 A Gracious Attitude
E2 Exercises for Introduction

Unit Two: Parts of Speech

3 Seven Word Classes of English
3.1 Seven Parts of Speech: A Table
3.2 Common Word Order and Positions
3.3 Identifying Parts of Speech
E3 Exercises for Parts of Speech

4 English Nouns
4.1 The Naming Function of Nouns
4.2 Concrete versus Abstract Nouns
4.3 Countable versus Uncountable Nouns
4.4 Common versus Proper Nouns
4.5 Collective Nouns
4.6 Regular versus Irregular Nouns
4.7 Irregular Nouns and Their Erratic Spellings
4.8 Useful NounˉMaking Suffixes
E4 Exercises for Nouns

5 English Pronouns
5.1 Pronouns versus Nouns
5.2 Personal Pronouns
5.3 Possessive Pronouns
5.4 Reflexive Pronouns
5.5 Demonstrative Pronouns
5.6 Indefinite Pronouns
5.7 Interrogative Pronouns
5.8 Relative Pronouns
5.9 Expletive Pronouns
5.10Reciprocal Pronouns
E5 Exercises for Pronouns

6 English Verbs
6.1 Analyzing Verbs in a Quotation
6.2 The Importance of Verbs
6.3 Various Attributes of English Verbs
6.4 Transitive versus Intransitive Verbs
6.5 Regular versus Irregular Verbs
6.6 Action， Linking and Helping Verbs
6.7 Verbs as Tense Markers
6.8 Productive VerbˉMaking Affixes
E6 Exercises for Verbs

7 English Adjectives
7.1 Semantic Functions of Adjectives
7.2 Attributive versus Predicative Adjectives
7.3 Regular versus Irregular Adjectives
7.4 The Comparative and Superlative Degrees of Adjectives
7.5 The Gradable Status of Adjectives
7.6 Nominal， Phrasal， and Sentential Adjectives
7.7 Productive AdjectiveˉMaking Affixes
E7 Exercises for Adjectives

8 English Adverbs
8.1 The Modifying Capability of Adverbs
8.2 The Semantic Coverage of Adverbs
8.3 The Mobility of Adverbs
8.4 Conjunctive Adverbs
8.5 The AdverbˉMaking Suffix:ˉly
E8 Exercises for Adverbs

9 English Prepositions
9.1 Attributes of Prepositions
9.2 SingleˉWord Prepositions
9.3 Fixed Prepositional Phrases
9.4 NonˉFixed Prepositional Phrases
9.5 Grammatical Functions of Prepositional Phrases
E9 Exercises for Prepositions

10 English Conjunctions
10.1 Coordinating Conjunctions
10.2 Correlative Conjunctions
10.3 Subordinating Conjunctions
10.4 Conjunctions versus Conjunctive Adverbs
E10 Exercises for Conjunctions

Unit Three: Controlling Word-Level Errors

11 Wrong Verb Form:V
11.1 Confusing Irregular and Regular Verbs
11.2 Confusing Past Participial and Perfect Verb Forms
11.3 How to Tackle Wrong Verb Forms
E11 Exercises against Wrong Verb Form

12 Wrong Pronoun:P
12.1 Confusing the Two Pronoun Cases
12.2 Confusing the Two Types of Possessive Pronouns
12.3 Confusing the Two Types of Relative Pronouns
12.4 Confusing the Two Types of Reciprocal Pronouns
E12 Exercises against Wrong Pronoun

13 Faulty Pronoun Reference:PR
13.1 Pronouns with No Antecedent
13.2 Pronouns with More Than One Antecedent
13.3 Pronouns with an Unqualified Antecedent
13.4 Pronouns with an Incompatible Antecedent
E13 Exercises against Faulty Pronoun Reference
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