

Grammar


Tenses


Present

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous


Past

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous


Future

Future Simple

Future Continuous

Future Perfect

Future Perfect Continuous


Parts Of Speech


Nouns

Countable and uncountable nouns

Verbal nouns

Singular and Plural nouns

Proper nouns

Nouns gender

Nouns definition

Concrete nouns

Abstract nouns

Common nouns

Collective nouns

Definition Of Nouns

Animate and Inanimate nouns

Nouns


Verbs

Stative and dynamic verbs

Finite and nonfinite verbs

To be verbs

Transitive and intransitive verbs

Auxiliary verbs

Modal verbs

Regular and irregular verbs

Action verbs

Verbs


Adverbs

Relative adverbs

Interrogative adverbs

Adverbs of time

Adverbs of place

Adverbs of reason

Adverbs of quantity

Adverbs of manner

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of affirmation

Adverbs


Adjectives

Quantitative adjective

Proper adjective

Possessive adjective

Numeral adjective

Interrogative adjective

Distributive adjective

Descriptive adjective

Demonstrative adjective


Pronouns

Subject pronoun

Relative pronoun

Reflexive pronoun

Reciprocal pronoun

Possessive pronoun

Personal pronoun

Interrogative pronoun

Indefinite pronoun

Emphatic pronoun

Distributive pronoun

Demonstrative pronoun

Pronouns


Pre Position


Preposition by function

Time preposition

Reason preposition

Possession preposition

Place preposition

Phrases preposition

Origin preposition

Measure preposition

Direction preposition

Contrast preposition

Agent preposition


Preposition by construction

Simple preposition

Phrase preposition

Double preposition

Compound preposition

prepositions


Conjunctions

Subordinating conjunction

Correlative conjunction

Coordinating conjunction

Conjunctive adverbs

conjunctions


Interjections

Express calling interjection

Phrases

Sentences


Grammar Rules

Passive and Active

Preference

Requests and offers

wishes

Be used to

Some and any

Could have done

Describing people

Giving advices

Possession

Comparative and superlative

Giving Reason

Making Suggestions

Apologizing

Forming questions

Since and for

Directions

Obligation

Adverbials

invitation

Articles

Imaginary condition

Zero conditional

First conditional

Second conditional

Third conditional

Reported speech

Demonstratives

Determiners


Linguistics

Phonetics

Phonology

Linguistics fields

Syntax

Morphology

Semantics

pragmatics

History

Writing

Grammar

Phonetics and Phonology

Semiotics


Reading Comprehension

Elementary

Intermediate

Advanced


Teaching Methods

Teaching Strategies

Assessment
MATTER
المؤلف:
R.M.W. Dixon
المصدر:
A Semantic approach to English grammar
الجزء والصفحة:
205-6
2023-03-25
1115
MATTER
The main member of this type is matter, which is often used in the negative, doesn’t matter. It carries the meaning that the event or state referred to by a complement clause (in subject relation to matter) is important to the Arbiter, e.g. That John won doesn’t matter (one little bit) (to Fred). Note that, unlike SEEM verbs, matter does not take a following adjective, but may be followed by something like at all, one little bit or one iota.
Matter takes THAT and WH- complement clauses, which are frequently extraposed, e.g. It doesn’t matter (to John) that Mary won the prize, Whether or not we are to be allowed to compete matters a hell of a lot to me; ING complement clauses are also admissible, e.g. John’s voting Conservative doesn’t matter. Matter may also take an indefinite NP as subject and then the Arbiter may be introduced by to or by for, e.g. Nothing/lots of things matter(s) to/for John.
One sense of count may also belong to this type (and may have to or for before the Arbiter). It appears to be restricted to a THAT complement in subject slot, e.g. That John was a churchgoer counted for a lot, That John was a churchgoer didn’t count for anything ( for Mary) (he had still killed a man).
It is worth noting that very few languages have ideas such as ‘happen’ and ‘matter’ expressed through verbs. This kind of qualification is more often achieved by adverbs, verbal clitics or some other grammatical means.
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