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Manual de gramática Grammar Reference for Students of Spanish, High School Version

by: Dozier, Eleanor; Iguina, Zulma

Manual de gramática Grammar Reference for Students of Spanish, High School Version

by: Dozier, Eleanor; Iguina, Zulma

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9780838450963
ISBN 10:
0838450962
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/08/2002
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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MANUAL DE GRAMÁTICA is a reference grammar text for intermediate and advanced students of Spanish. It combines clear, easy reference charts with detailed grammar presentations in English, as well as conceptual distinctions between Spanish and English. It boasts of a chapter of practice exercises, extensive appendices, and Atajo correlated writing activities.

Overview
Sentence components
Verb Structure
Sentence structure: Independent clauses
Main or principal clauses
Dependent or subordinate clauses
Verb-Subject agreement
Accents
Syllabification: Consonants
Vowels
Stress: Categorization of words by stress
Rules for written accents
Special cases
Adverbs ending in ?mente
Monosyllables
Non-monosyllabic homonyms
A·n vs aun
S=lo vs solo
Demonstrative pronouns
Exclamative and Interrogative Adjectives, Pronouns, or Adverbs
Nouns and Noun Determiners
Nouns and their equivalents
Introduction: Definition
Noun equivalents
Noun companions
Nouns: gender and number
Personal A
Noun Determiners
Articles: Definite articles
Subjects
Titles
Languages
Possessives vs
articles: Indefinite articles
Adjectives: Demonstrative adjectives
Possessive adjectives
Forms of descriptive adjectives
Common adjective endings
Adjectives with short and long forms: Position of descriptive adjectives
Comparisons
Comparisons of inequality
With adverbs, Adjectives, and Nouns
With numerical expressions, use de instead of que
With a verb or clause as second part of comparison
Comparisons of equality
Tanto(-a, -os, -as)...como
Tanto como
Tan...como
Superlatives
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
Definitions: Intransitive verbs
Transitive verbs
With subject and direct object
With subject, direct object, and indirect object
With subject and indirect object only
Subject pronouns
Direct object pronouns: Format and usage
Stressed and unstressed object pronouns (direct and indirect object)
Lo: The neuter invariable pronoun
Indirect object pronouns
Required repetitive object pronouns: Direct object pronouns
Indirect object pronouns
Order of object pronouns when combined
Position of object pronouns
Prepositional object pronouns. Se
Introduction
Reflexive pronouns: Reflexives
Reciprocals
Se me Construction: Accidental or Irresponsible Se
Impersonal Se: Introduction
Agent Present No agent: Impersonal No agent: Not impersonal: Impersonal se with inanimate objects
Impersonal se with persons
Impersonal se with both human and inanimate objects
Impersonal reflexive construction--Uno
Demonstrative and Possesive Pronouns: Demonstrative pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Interrogatives: +QuT?, +Cußl?, +QuT? vs
+Cußl? with ser, "How", "How"+ Verb=+C=mo?, "How"+ Adjective or Adverb
Word order
Exclamatives: íQuT!+ Noun
íQuT!+ Modified noun
íQuT!+ Adjective
íQuT!+ Adverb
íC=mo!+Verb
íCußnto!+Verb
íCußnto(a)!+Noun
íCußntos(as)!+Noun
íQuiTn!+Verb
Indefinites and Negatives
Relative Pronouns
Formation and usage
Relative Pronouns without a preposition
Relative Pronouns with a preposition: El cual / el que
Exceptional Prepositions
Additional Uses: Lo que / lo cual
El que
Lo que
Cuyo
Donde
"Who"
Interrogative pronoun: +QuiTn?
Relative Pronoun: Que
El cual / el que
"What"
PREPOSITIONS, ADVERBS, AND CONJUNCTIONS
Prepositions: Function of Prepositions
Verbs used without Prepositions
Individual Prepositions
A: Usage
Personal A
Expression with A
Verbs with A
Con: Usage
Expressions with Con.Verbs with Con
De: Usage
Expressions with De
Verbs with De
En: Usage
Expressions with En
Verbs with En
Para: Usage
Expressions with Para
Verbs with Para
Por: Usage
Expressions with Por
Verbs with Por
List of expressions with prepositions (English-Spanish)
Review of expressions with prepositions
Adverbs: Definition
Adverbs ending in ?mente
Word Order
Multiple function words
Adverbs of time: Aun, a·n
Nunca, jamßs
Tarde, temprano
Ya, ya no, todavfa, todavfa no
Examples of Adverbs of time
Adverbs of manner: Asf
Bien
Adverbs of quantity: Demasiado, mucho, muy
Examples of Adverbs of quantity
Adverbs of Confirmation, Doubt, or Negation: Acaso / quizß / tal vez
Bueno. No. Sf. TambiTn / tampoco
Ya. Adverbial Phrases
Adverbs of place: Acß / allß; aquf / allf
Arriba; encima; abajo; debajo; bajo
Related Adverbs and Prepositions
Conjuncti
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