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French Grammar and Usage, Third Edition Roger Hawkins, Richard Towell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

I think it significant that a recent edition of Walden is aimed for use as a textbook in college classes in rhetoric and grammar. Nov 23, 2012 - I'm an English teacher in France. Burchfield), and The Gregg Reference Manual. Jul 29, 2012 - These are more distinct in English, Spanish, or French than they are in Italian; this may be your error. However, as I'm not a native speaker of English, I normally go by the teachings of grammar books, so I looked up Swan's "Practical English Usage - Third Edition" which states : Its is not normally used without a following noun. 1 day ago - At this moment it is in print in many different editions in this country alone as well as in English language editions in England, India, and Japan and in translations into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, . Oct 12, 2009 - I checked Garner's Modern American Usage, Fowler's Modern English Usage (Revised Third Edition by R.W. (My source is 'Raymond Murphy' Essential Grammar in Use - Third Edition. Contrast EN my, your / ES mi, tu / FR mon, ton with EN mine, yours / ES el mío, tuyo / FR le mien, . A third facet of Walden is its satirical criticism of modern life and living. In this question I am seeking confirmation that the Raymond Murphy, in the Upper-intermediate version of 'Grammar in Use', gives the negative forms - "I didn't used to like him (or I used not to like him)", but gives no alternative to "Did you use to eat a lot of sweets ?" Personally, I wouldn't actively teach this . The other reference books on my shelf did not address the topic.