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FOCUS ON: gerund phrasal verbs vs
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FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 2
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FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and do, does, and did
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FOCUS ON: the verb keep and adverbs and adverbials showing degrees of variability
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FOCUS ON: three-word phrasal verbs
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FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and have to, have got to, and must
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- ING FORM
- ING FORM INTRODUCTION The -ing form of the verb may be a present participle or a gerund. The form is identical, the difference is in the function, or the job the word does in the sentence. The present participle: This is most com Citeste tot ...
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REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH
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ERRORS
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STYLE
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ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
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THE SENTENCE
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TO BE
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SLANG
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SUGGESTIONS
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PUNCTUATION
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CHOICE OF WORDS
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