目录 1
1．keep...separate so和keep...so separate 1
2．冠词的省略及其一般规律 4
3．“say＋不定式”结构的来源及其用法 9
4．关系结构：which we didn't mind it 12
5．I should go to bed if you're tired 15
6．（as）real as，（as）final as，（as）tough as 17
7．He'd better know it right by heart，don’t she'd fetch out that ruler of hers 21
8．It'd been better if they’d have been born men...是否代表时态的实际用法？ 29
9．all butter，pure butter，no butter，only butter 37
10．for free，for real，for sure 40
11．because从句放在句首或用作句子的主语 45
12．the last I saw of him，the last I heard of him用作状语 49
13．为什么是more a novel而less of a play？ 52
14．否定句型：No need to sit at the table，Butler．Not if you don't want to 55
15．Something else and very nasty 59
16．He couldn't seemto say anything right 62
17．people like yourself，a person like myself，somebody like me 65
18．Cross out which does not apply 67
19．He could do no other 70
20．anyway在句子中的位置及其在意义上的差异 73
21．living costs和cost of living，living standards和standard of living 77
22．He must have been out of his mind is what I think of it 79
23．any在陈述句中具有带否定含义的强调意义 84
24．divide和be divided，divert和be diverted，roast和be roasted 87
25．it has been called和it was called，it has seemed和it seemed 96
26．You've got to be joking 101
27．名词性从句的词序：who/what＋连系动词＋名词 106
28．a good deal more constructive 109
29．可否说“write satire”，“write sermon”，“write treatise”？ 110
30．in years和for years，in more than a month/century和for more than a month/century 112
31．You say you're back in business he's going to believe it like a shot 116
32．...since the new boys have failed that examination in the previous spring 120
33．one or two ones 122
和might have reached 125
34．might be和might have been，might reach 125
35．twice as many...than 128
36．adjust to和adjust oneself to，identify with和identify oneself with 130
37．“it was being＋名词短语”结构 135
38．after...is gaining和since...has been gaining 140
39．both your complaints的两种意义 142
40．a rather和rather a 144
41．the nation's forty-first such centre 150
42．and nor，but nor 154
43．“single＋最高级”结构 158
44．Speght on his last page says that only the prologues were able to be corrected 160
45．lucidly was，amiably is，deliberately are 164
46．do的对比用法及其含义 167