J. Lachlan Mackenzie - Principles & Pitfalls of English Grammar

3.4 Expressing future time 3.4.1 will + lexical verb

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3.4.2 will + be + lexical verb-ing 3.4.3 be going to + lexical verb 3.4.4 be to + lexical verb 3.4.5 The present progressive 3.4.6 The simple present 3.4.7 be about to + lexical verb

3.5 Aspect 3.6 Conclusion

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Voice

4.1 Introduction 4.2 The passive voice

4.3 Prepositional, phrasal and phrasal-prepositional verbs

4.4 Forming the passive

4.4.1 The passive verb phrase 4.4.2 The actor phrase 4.4.3 The undergoer phrase

4.5 Two difficulties

4.5.1 Verbs with two undergoers 4.5.2 The passive and the perfect tense

4.6 Alternatives to the passive

4.7 Conclusion

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Mood and the operator

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Mood

5.2.1 Finiteness

5.2.2 The imperative and subjunctive moods

5.3 The operator 5.4 Tag questions

5.5 The dummy operator do 5.5.1 Negation 5.5.2 Questions 5.5.4 Emphasis 5.5.5 Coding 5.5.3 Negative questions

5.6 Conclusion

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