Tony Foster, Martijn Lemmen, Dick Smakman, Aletta G. Dorst & Philomeen Dol - English Grammar through Dutch Eyes

Contents

1 Thingamajigs and what’s-its-names: nouns and noun phrases

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1.1 What are nouns?

1.2 One thing, two things, too many things 1.2.1 Countable and uncountable nouns 1.2.2 How to make nouns plural 1.2.4 It looks like a plural, but is it? 1.3 The I in team: Is or are we winning? 1.5 Neither a borrower nor a lender be 1.6 Nouns that look like verbs: gerunds 1.2.3 Plural-only nouns 1.4 In the company of nouns: from nouns to noun phrases

2 Me, myself and I: pronouns 2.1 What do pronouns do? 2.2 Reflexive pronouns

2.2.1 Reflexive pronoun in Dutch but not in English

2.3 Reciprocal pronouns 2.4 Demonstrative pronouns 2.5 Interrogative pronouns

3 This ‘n’ that: determiners

3.1 Determiners and articles 3.1.1 Indefinite articles 3.1.2 Definite articles

3.1.3 No article: empty determiners

3.2 Demonstrative determiners

3.2.1 Demonstratives point to persons or objects close by or far away 3.2.2 Demonstrative determiners betray speakers’ sphere of interest or emotional distance 3.2.3 English demonstrative determiners make stories more emphatic and exciting

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3.3 Quantifiers

3.3.1 Much and many 3.3.2 Some and any

3.3.3 Pessimism and optimism in grammar: few chocolates or a few chocolates

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