ENGLISH GRAMMAR: PATTERNS AND CHOICES is a book in progress. It is intended for use in undergraduate and graduate university courses in English grammar for future teachers. The book is grounded in Functional Linguistics (British Systemic Grammar in particular) but, where possible, uses terminology that has grown out of the tradition of grammar teaching in the United States of America. Please read the Preface for more information on the book's purpose and organization. All text content is copyrighted © (see detailed copyright statement below). I am most interested in hearing your questions and comments about this book. Thank you. John P. Broderick (My email address is: jpbroder@odu.edu) Copyright © - 2004 by John P. Broderick Published by John P. Broderick 4652 Larkwood Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464-5817 e-mail address: jpbroder@odu.edu Please write or e-mail the author/publisher if you are interested in obtaining a printed version of this book. All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author/publisher. Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the author/publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

English Grammar: Patterns and Choices [Version of January 1, 2005] John P. Broderick, Ph.D. University Professor of English  and Applied Linguistics Old Dominion University (Links to complete Adobe Acrobat PDF versions of the front matter, including the Preface, Chapters 1 through 8, the Glossary, the Bibliography, the Index (a list of abbreviations), and an Appendix of handouts, are contained in the table of Contents below.  The latter chapters are in various stages of completion.   Send me an e-mail message [jpbroder@odu.edu] if you are interested in learning how you can receive either electronic versions of these chapters, or a plastic-ring-bound hard copy of the entire manuscript in its current state of completion.  Be sure to specify that you are interested in English Grammar: Patterns and Choices.) Table of Contents Preface v Chapter 1: Language Structure: An Overview 1 Pronunciation / Spelling Word Formation Grammar Discourse Structure Chapter 2: Basic Grammatical Concepts 9 Parts of Speech: Form, Function, and Meaning Constituent Structure English Grammar: Patterns and Choices Chapter 3: Parts of Speech in English Phrases 23 Noun Phrases and Prepositional Phrases Verb Phrases and Linking Verb Phrases Adjective and Adverb Phrases Chapter 4: Declarative Clauses and Verbal Clauses 78 Declarative Clauses -ing Participle Clauses -en Participle Clauses Infinitive Clauses Analytical Strategies and Summary Grammar Chapter 5: Interrogative and Imperative Clauses 117 Yes/no Interrogative Clauses Wh Interrogative Clauses Tag Interrogative Clauses Imperative Clauses Chapter 6: Subordination 130 Subordinate Declarative Clauses Subordinate yes/no Interrogative Clauses Subordinate wh Interrogative Clauses Relative Clauses Nominal Relative Clauses Adverbial Clauses Chapter 7: Coordination 143 Coordinated Clauses Coordinated Phrases Coordinated Words Coordinated Word Strings Coordination with Correlative Conjunctions Chapter 8: Grammar as Discovery 152 More on Premodification in the Noun Phrase Appositives Particles Comparative Constructions Sentence Complements Glossary 170 Bibliography 185 Index 189 Appendix 193