A Primer of English Grammar Part Two Problematic Areas

A Primer of English Grammar Part Two Problematic Areas Compiled by Z. M. Abdel Aal & H. Darwish

The book introduces a number of grammatical structures using simple problematic cases . It gives examples of structures wrongly used by learners and corrects them by giving examples of possible correct structures. To consolidate the material in the minds of the readers, the book sets a number of exercises that contain sentence -structure errors and students are asked to decide whether a sentence is correct or incorrect. In this way the learner is given practice in the correct use of the language. It is hoped that this book meets special needs of the students whose main task is to translate English material into Arabic and vice versa, and improves learners' proficiency of the language. The plan of the book is as follows:

Chapter (1) sentence structure and word order
Here we explain problems of sentence structure , verbals, reduction of clauses into phrases and ends with the inversion of word order .
Chapter (2) Problems of Modal Verbs
In this chapter we introduce a guide to forming modals , together with the functions and forms of modals .
Chapter (3) Nouns and Pronouns
Here different problematic cases of the number of nouns and articles are presented
Chapter (4) Vocabulary
This chapter is concerned with correct word form, degree of formality and correct word choice . It explains as well sophisticated vocabulary , idiomatic expressions and use of correct prepositions