PART ONE：MEANING IN SPEECH AND WRITING 1
1．Meaning and context 1
2．Clusters 2
3．Speech Patterns－Transition 5
4．Speech Patterns－Stress 7
5．Speech Patterns－Pitch 10
PART TWO：SENTENCE PATTERNS 15
6．Labels，Headings and Messages 15
7．Headings and Messages 17
8．Two-item Predications 19
9．Nominal Headwords 20
10．Verb Clusters 22
11．Phrasal Verbs 24
12．Agreement of Number 26
13．Three-item Predications 28
14．Subject Complements and Direct Objects 30
15．Subject Complements 34
16．Direct and Indirect Objects 35
17．Object Complements 38
18．Five Basic Patterns 41
19．Verbids 45
20．Markers 47
21．Orders and Requests 49
22．Markers－Ambiguity 50
23．Ellipsis 52
24．Passive Verbs 54
PART THREE：WORD-ORDER 57
25．Variation of S+V Order 57
26．Variation of S+V+SC Order 60
27．Variation of S+V+DO Order 62
28．Variation of S+V+IO+DO Order 64
29．Variation of S+V+DO+OC Order 66
30．Object Complements and Phrasal Verbs 68
31．Proximity 70
32．Proximity－Pronominals 74
PART FOUR：ADJUNCTS 77
33．Adnominals 77
34．Types of Adnominal Adjunct 80
35．Adnominals of Place and Time 81
36．Genitive (Possessive) Adnominals 82
37．Adnominal Phrases and Clauses 84
38．Adnominal Clauses 88
39．Adnominals－Proximity 90
40．Restrictive and Non-restrictive Adnominal Clauses 93
41．Adverbals 95
42．Movable Adverbals 98
43．Adverbals and Adnominals－Item-order 100
44．Adverbals and Adnominals－Ambiguity 102
45．Degree-words 103
46．Adverbal Clauses 105
47．Phrasal Verbs and Adverbal Phrases 109
48．Participle Phrases 111
49．Dangling Participles 113
50．Infinitive Adjuncts 115
PART FIVE：NOMINALS 117
51．Nominal Phrases－Infinitives，Gerunds 117
52．Nominal Clauses 120
53．Nominal Clauses－Reported Speech 122
54．Apposition 124
PART SIX：STRUCTURES 127
55．Relationships and Constructions 127
56．Subordination 130
57．Multiple Items 132
58．Harnessing Multiple Items 134
59．Clause Analysis 137
60．Clause Structures 140
61．Sentence Analysis 142
62．Balanced Sentences 145
63．Loose and Suspended Sentences 147
64．Mixed Sentences 148
65．Repetition of Patterns 149
66．Variety of Patterns 157
Index 161