French Grammar and Usage

French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of French and their use, illustrated by numerous examples taken from contemporary French, and distinguishes the most common forms of usage, both formal and informal.

Richard Towell is Emeritus Professor of French Applied Linguistics at the University of Salford, UK. Marie-Noëlle Lamy is Emeritus Professor of Distance Language Learning at the Open University, UK. Roger Hawkins is Emeritus Professor of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex, UK.

Guide for the user Glossary of key grammatical terms Acknowledgements Acknowledgements for the second edition Acknowledgements for the third edition Acknowledgements for the fourth edition Acknowledgements for the fifth edition 1. Nouns 2. Determiners 3. Pronouns 4. Adjectives 5. Adverbs 6. Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers 7. Verb forms 8. Verb constructions 9. Verb and participle agreement 10. Tense 11. The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives 12. The infinitive 13. Prepositions 14. Question formation 15. Relative clauses 16. Negation 17. Conjugations and other linking constructions Appendix 1: Orthographic Conventions Appendix 2: Nouvelle Orthographe Further Reading Index