TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hughes,Rebecca
TI  - Exploring grammar in writing: with answers
SN  - 9780521669948 (pbk.) :
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Written English
KW  - Inglés
KW  - Análisis del discurso
KW  - Problemas, ejercicios, etc
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Estudio y enseñanza
KW  - Gramática comparada
N1  - Indices; Contents  Acknowledgements    Introduction    Part 1 Writing for different readers  1 Everyday notes        Shortening the message by using ellipsis  Common abbreviations and when to use them  2 Greetings Cards        Conventional expressions used for different occasions  Varying the warmth and formality of the message  3 Formal letters and e-mails       Expressing requests for action and making suggestions  Combining modals and conditionals to make requests  4 Policies and agreements       Modals and semi-modals of obligation  Formal versus informal language choices  Part 2 Building noun phrases  5 Business letters        Patterns of noun phrases  Writing opening statements  6 Hobby books        Using articles with countable and uncountable nouns  Degree adverbs  7 Informal letters and e-mails       Using articles to show shared knowledge  Handling vague language.  8 Catalogues        Building noun phrases using for and with  Adjectives which take prepositions  9 Technical manuals        Nouns pre-modified by other nouns  Prepositions used to express precise actions  Part 3 Adding more information to the sentence  10 Encyclopaedias        Defining and non-defining relative clauses  Starting a relative clause with a preposition  11 Blurbs         Adding information at the start of a clause  Variations in noun pre-modification  12 Holiday brochures        Expanding the sentence using co-ordination  Handling adjective choices  13 Travel guides        Adding information to the noun by apposition  Varying the style by moving appositional phrases  14 Direct mail        Adding comparative and superlative structures to the sentence  Adjectives that do not normally take comparative or superlative forms  Part 4 Sequencing and focusing  15 Everyday instruction booklets       Non-finite clauses: -ing and to ...   Prepositions introducing -ing clauses  16 Newspaper stories        Handling and combining adverbs of time and place  Adverb phrases starting with prepositions  17 Packaging        Various styles of instructions  Reduced imperatives  18 Advertisements        Using adverbs for emphasis  Using only for focus  19 Essays         Comparing approaches  Making your own point and supporting it with references  20 Feature articles        Interesting the reader and changing the focus using it  Adjectives and verbs commonly used in it clauses  Key         Glossary         Index
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