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The book is structured in two main parts: Section A organizes form and structure through noun groups, verb groups, and key categories such as articles, pronouns, tense formation, agreement, and passive constructions. Section B teaches communicative functions, including exposition, narration, reporting, questioning, negation, expressing attitudes, and argumentation.","Modern FRENCH Grammar  \nSecond Edition  \nRoutledge Modern Grammars  \nSeries concept and development—Sarah Butler  \nOther books in series:  \nModern German Grammar, Second EditionModern German Grammar Workbook, Second Edition  \nModern Italian Grammar  \nModern Italian Grammar Workbook  \nModern Spanish Grammar, Second EditionModern Spanish Grammar Workbook, Second Edition  \nModern FRENCH Grammar  \nApractical guide  \nSecond Edition  \nMargaret Lang and Isabelle Perez  \nLONDON AND NEW YORK  \nFirst published 1996  \nby Routledge Reprinted 1997, 2000, 2002 (twice), 2003  \nSecond edition published 2004  \nby Routledge  \n11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”  \n© 1996, 2004 Margaret Lang and Isabelle Perez  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lang, Margaret, 1940–  \nModern French grammar : a practicle guide/Margaret Lang and Isabelle Perez.—2nd ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Routledge modern grammars)  \nIncludes index.  \n1. French language—Grammar. 2. French language—Textbook for foreign speakers—English.  \nI. Perez, Isabelle, 1962–. II. Title. III. Series.  \nPC2112 .L35 2004  \n448.2′421–dc22 2003026062 ISBN 0-203-39725-8 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN 0-203-67129-5 (Adobe eReader Format)  \nISBN 0-415-33482-9 (hbk)  \n0-415-33162-5 (pbk)  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements xi  \nIntroduction xii  \nHow to use this book xvii  \nGlossary xix  \nSECTION A Structures  \nI The noun group 2  \n1 Articles 2  \n2 The definite article 2  \n3 The indefinite article 9  \n4 The partitive article 11  \n5 Demonstrative adjectives 15  \n6 Demonstrative pronouns 17  \n7 Possessive adjectives 20  \n8 Possessive pronouns 22  \n9 Nouns 23  \n10 Adjectives 31  \n11 Indefinite adjectives, pronouns and adverbs 40  \n12 Personal pronouns 51  \n13 Reflexive pronouns 56  \n14 Emphatic pronouns; position and order of pronouns 56  \n15 Relative pronouns 62  \n16 Interrogative pronouns, adjectives and adverbs 67  \n17 Cardinal and ordinal numbers 72  \nvi  \n18 Fractions 77  \n19 Approximate quantities 78  \n20 Dimensions 78  \n21 Adverbs of quantity 80  \nII The 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