OXFORD GUIDE TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR

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wash what about 28(2)
get washed 107(2) + gerund 132(8a)
not reflexive 186(2e)
wash up 232(3) what if 259(5)
verb and noun 87(2,4), 287(1) + present/past 241 (3b)

waste whatever
waste money/time + participle 140(3) in emphatic question 26(6c)
passive pattern 110(2) = no matter what 254(1)
relative 281
watch
action verb 62(7) Note b what's more 244(2)
watch you do/doing 140(1) whatsoever 17(6b) Note b
watch out 232(3) when
watch outfor 235(2)
+ adjective 199 (5c)
way conjunction 250
in a... way 207(2) and if 259(1)
way of 237(2f) + participle 139(3)
the way (that) 253(2) + present 77
question word 27
we 184(1), 184(2) relative adverb 279
people in general 185(3) when's 55(2b)
with short form 55(2b) whenever
weak form 55(1b) conjunction 250(4b)
= no matter when 254(1)
weak form 55 + participle 139(3)
weak: the weak 204(1b) where
weaken with/without object 8(3) conjunction 253(1)
wear question word 27
relative adverb 279
wear out 232(2) where's55(2b)
wear thin 9(1) whereas 246(5)
weather: uncountable 144(4b) wherever 254(1)
weekly 207(6), 211(4) whether
weigh in noun clause 33, 261(1), 262(3) Note
action/state 62(3) whether... or 259(8)
passive 104(6b) whether or not 269(1b) Note
weight 196(3) in reported question 269(1b)
welcome to 236(4) + to-infinitive 125(1) Note b
well 207(7) which
comparison 218(2b), 219(2) agreement 153(4)
position of adjective 200(2), 305(1) in negative question 30(1d)
Well,... 53(1b) pronoun relating to clause 278
went (past of go) 300 question word 26(1,2), 27
were 84(2) relative pronoun 273(1), 274(2), 278
agreement 151(3) and what 26(2)
subjunctive 242(3), 258(2, 3) and who (relative) 273(1)
weak form 55(1b) whichever
wet (verb) 287(4) = no matter which 254(1)
wh-clause 260 relative 281
after phrasal/prepositional verb while
= but 246(5)
231(4a) Note b conjunction 250(1)
in reported question 269(1a) and during 227(4c)
after say/tell 269(3) + participle 139(3)
wh-question 24(2), 25 with past continuous 66(2b)
intonation 54(2b) + present 77
wh-word: see question word whisper: verb of reporting 265(2)
what who
agreement 153(4) agreement 153(4)
pattern for emphasis 51(4) in negative question 30(1d)
in exclamation 20(1), 35(1) Note a question word 26(2), 27
what kind of 28(1), 144(3e), 198(1) Note a relative pronoun 273(1), 274(2)
what... like 26(4) Note, 198(1) Note a with short form 55 (2b)
in negative question 30(1d) as subject/object 25(2)
in question phrase 28(1) and which (relative) 156(2), 273(1)
question word 26(1,2), 27, 35(1) Note a and whom 26(3)
relative pronoun 280
with short form 55 (2b)
+ to-infinitive 125
and which 26(2)

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whoever women 296(1)
in emphatic question 26(6c) wolf,wolves296(2)
= no matter who 254(1) wonder
relative 281
countable noun 144(5e)
whole 178(3) + noun clause 262(1c), 262(5) Note
whom not reflexive 186(2d)
verb of reporting 265(2), 269(1)
question word 26(3) wonder what to do 125(2)
relative pronoun 273(3b, 4b), 274(2) wonderful with to-infinitive 123(1), 126(2)
whose won't71(1)
question word 26(1), 27 word: have a word 87(2)
relative pronoun 274(2), 275 word-building 282
why word classes 3
in negative question 30(1b, 1c) word endings 6(1), 289
without question form 26(5) word formation 282
question word 27, 251(1) Note b word order
relative adverb 279
wife, wives 296(2) order of adjectives 202
will position of adjectives 199-201
and be going to 74 adverbials 208
certainty 95 emphatic pronoun 186(3)
in conditionals 257(3) front position 49
future 71 and information 47
habits 100(1) overview of inversion 49(4)
indirect speech 268(3c) main and sub clause 249(2, 3)
passive 105(1d) position of not 17(2, 3)
weak form 55(1b) in noun phrase 143(2d)
will be able to 98(2c) two objects 10
will be doing 75 with participle 137(2)
will have been doing79 Note c participle clause of time 139(1c) Note
will have done 79 phrasal verbs 231(3)
willing preposition at end 25(3), 117(2), 273(4)
comparison 218(4b) in reported question 269(2)
+ noun clause 262 (6a) with verb of reporting 265(4)
with to-infinitive 123(5), 126(2) in sub clause 239(2b)
+ subjunctive 242(1) subject-verb 6(2), 12(2)
willingness: will 71(5), 257(3d) in verb phrase 60
willingness + to-infinitive 124(1a) work
win with/without object 8(2) without article 168(4)
wipe out 232(2) countable/uncountable noun
wise: comparison 218(4a)
wish 144(4b) Note d
wishfor 233(2), 237(2g) do some work 87(2)
+ noun clause 262(1c) work of + gerund 132(7)
state verb 62(1) work on 232(2)
+ to-infinitive 121(1), 124(1a) work out 232(2)
+ object + to-infinitive 122 (2c) work out what to do 125(2)
verb and noun 287(1) works (noun) 154(3)
verb after wish 241(2), 242(3) worried about
with 228(2) + gerund 132(4)
agreement 152(4) + noun clause 262(5) Note
along/together with 244(3) worry
and between 237(2c) worry about+ gerund 132(2, 7)
and by 228(5) + noun clause 262(1)
condition 259(4) Note c not reflexive 186(2d)
+ gerund 132(8a) worse, worst218(2b), 219(2)
in participle clause 139(4c) fear the worst 204(2b)
possession 85(1) Note b worth + gerund 131 (2a) Note b
within would
place 225(1) Note b in conditionals 257(4, 6), 257(5b)
time 227(3) Note b indirect speech 268(3c)
without past habits 100(1)
do/go without 233(2) past of will 80(2), 95(5), 100(1)
+ gerund 132(8a) short form 55(2b)
negative meaning 17(4) Note b unreal situation 99
woman as suffix 285(3e) Note b weak form 55(1b)
after wish 241(2a)

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would have done in conditional 257(6) zero 191(5) Note, 196(5) Note
would have to 268 (3d) Note zero article (noun without article) 162(1),
would like
164, 165, 167
in conditional 257(4e)
and Iike39(2) Note, 99(3a), 121(2) Note a
+ object + passive participle 140(5)
+ to-infinitive 121(2) Note a
+ object + to-infinitive 122(2d)
would love/hate
+ object + passive participle 140(5)
+ to-infinitive 121(2) Note a
+ object + to-infinitive 122(2d)
would prefer
+ object + passive participle 140(5)
+ object + to-infinitive 122(2d)
would rather 99 (3b)
with present/past 241(3a)
with were 242(3)
would sooner 99(3b) Note
write
write down 232(2)
+ noun clause 262(1c, 1d)
write out 232(2)
verb of reporting 265(2)
with to 10(5)
US 306(4)
written English 53(2)
wrong
comparison 218(4a)
and wrongly 207(4) Note b
quite wrong 2l2(5c)
with to-infinitive 123(1), 126(2, 5)
wrong with 236(4)
wrong with + gerund 132(4)

y and i: spelling 294
year without article 169(1)
yes

after negative question 30(3)
as question tag 34(1) Note f
yes/no question 24(1)
leaving out auxiliary 42(2)
as echo question 35(1) Note b
intonation 54(2b)
yes/no short answers 29(2)
yesterday
indirect speech 267(2)
with past 65(5a)
yet 2l0(2a)
= but 246(2) Note
with past 303 (6)
you 184(1)
and one 185(2a)
people in general 185(1)
with short form 55 (2b)
weak form 55(1b)
you know in speech 53(1c)
young
position 202(1a) Note b
the young 204(1b)
your 174(3)
weak form 55(1b)
yours 174(3)
yourself/selves 186
youths 296(3)