Dictionary of Modern English Grammar: Grammar, Syntax and Style for the 21st CenturyWordsworth Editions, 2005 - 207 Seiten This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses. |
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Abschnitt 1 | 7 |
Abschnitt 2 | 9 |
Abschnitt 3 | 88 |
Abschnitt 4 | 100 |
Abschnitt 5 | 117 |
Abschnitt 6 | 123 |
Abschnitt 7 | 129 |
Abschnitt 8 | 130 |
Abschnitt 12 | 150 |
Abschnitt 13 | 157 |
Abschnitt 14 | 174 |
Abschnitt 15 | 179 |
Abschnitt 16 | 191 |
Abschnitt 17 | 198 |
Abschnitt 18 | 201 |
Abschnitt 19 | 203 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
21st century abbreviation accent acronym adverb American English ancient Greek Aphrodite Apollo apostrophe Avoid behaviour Beware confusion Britain British English Buzz word capital letter character cliché Cockney comma common commonly context correct Cronus derives describe Dionysus distinct drama ending English Dictionary English language Estuary English example fiction Figure of speech film French German goddess grammar Greek myth Greek mythology homosexual hyphen identified initial capital irony Italian Jupiter kind known Latin legend literary literature mark metaphor Middle English misspelling mortal naff Note spelling noun novel object Odysseus original Oxford dictionaries participle person play plural poetry political Prefix denoting preposition pronoun pronunciation punctuation received pronunciation refer rhyme Roman rule sense sentence singular slang someone sound story Strictly speaking style suffix synonym television tense Troy Uranus usually verb meaning verse wife word formed word means word or phrase write Zeus