more, less and fewer 1.246
no 5.69
indefinite direction 6.71
indefinite place adverbs 6.61
indefinite pronouns 1.6, 1.128–1.141
used with personal pronouns and possessive determiners 1.132–1.133
used with else 1.138
indicative
indirect object 3.6
in phrases that begin with a preposition 3.74
with to 3.76
with for 3.77–3.81
of verbs with two objects 6.113
indirect speech
-ing adjectives 2.15, 2.63–2.76
describing an effect 2.64–2.67
describing a process or state 2.68–2.72
form and meaning 2.73–2.76
infinitives R124–R135
infinitive without to R127
-ing forms R133–R134
-ing nouns 1.77–1.82
used with adjectives 1.80, 1.81
-ing participle: 2.293, 2.301, 3.190–3.191, 3.204, 8.71, 8.72, 8.88, 8.133–8.136, 8.139–8.141, R59–R70
verbs followed by an -ing participle 3.190–3.191
after possessive determiner 3.203
-ing participle clauses 8.71–8.72, 8.88
events happening at the same time 8.133
one action after another 8.134
reasons 8.135–8.136
in non-defining clauses 8.141
instructions 5.41, 5.154–5.158, 5.165, 5.233–5.234
firm instructions: will 5.166
imperative 5.168
intensifiers
intentions 5.188–5.193, 5.235–5.238
reporting intentions and hopes 7.45–7.47
interjections
interrogative adverbs
interrogative form 5.10–5.34
interrogative pronouns 1.151–1.153
intransitive verbs 3.2–3.13, 8.165
followed by phrases that begin with a preposition 3.10–3.11
followed by an adverb or prepositional phrase 3.12
intransitive phrasal verbs with adverbs 3.85–3.86
intransitive phrasal verbs with prepositions 3.87–3.88, 9.23–9.24
intransitive three-word phrasal verbs 3.111–3.112
linking intransitive verbs 8.165
introducing your statement 5.214–5.222, 9.73
inversion
after an adverbial 6.15
after a prepositional phrase 6.83
when reporting verb comes after a quote 7.25
irregular comparative forms R28, R153
irregular plural forms of nouns R12–R19
irregular verb forms R71–R76
it
as personal pronoun 1.100–1.101
with be 3.130
as subject in split sentences 9.26
its 1.195–1.222
itself 1.111–1.118, 3.26–3.31
—————— J ——————
just
in front of as … as structure 2.164
as emphasizing adverb 6.50
to show restrictions 9.65
—————— K ——————
keep
followed by object complement 3.163
—————— L ——————
last
showing position in sequence 2.232
as pronoun 2.254
in expressions of frequency 4.119
as verb 4.133
least
least and the least as superlatives 2.122
as superlative adverb of degree 6.52
leaving words out 10.60
do 10.63
with not 10.66–10.69
repeating the main verb 10.70
in conversation 10.74
in questions 10.75–10.76
in replies 10.77–10.79
when you are agreeing 10.80–10.81
less 1.246
as determiner 1.246
forming the comparative of an adjective 2.110
less than indicating a maximum amount 2.267
let 5.39
likelihood 5.120–5.121, 5.230–5.232
linking adverbials
linking verbs 3.126–3.181
two or more adjectives after a linking verb 2.57
function 3.127
followed by a preposition 3.129, 3.172–3.177
followed by an adjective 3.132–3.137
lists of linking verbs 3.133, 3.138, 3.174
followed by a noun 3.138–3.145
commenting on behaviour 3.149
commenting on suitability 3.150
commenting on an event 3.151
commenting on willingness 3.152
commenting on something 3.153
commenting on an action 3.154
other verbs with following adjectives 3.155–3.159
linking words, phrases, and clauses together 8.149–8.150
linking clauses 8.151
linking verbs together 8.164–8.170
linking noun phrases 8.171–8.172
linking pronouns 8.178–8.179
linking adjectives and adverbs 8.180–8.189, 8.201
linking qualitative adjectives 8.181
linking prepositions 8.191
linking prepositional phrases 8.192
linking modifiers and determiners 8.193
linking more than two clauses, phrases, or words 8.200
linking parts of a conversation 10.57–10.59
little
as determiner 1.225, 1.244
a little modifying comparatives 2.162
as quantity expression with of 2.179, 2.183
a little as adverb of degree 6.52
look
as linking verb 3.126, 3.135
lot
lots 2.158
a lot of as quantity expression 2.178
a lot as adverb of degree 6.52
—————— M ——————
main clauses 8.1
main verbs R89
make
as a delexical verb 3.44
many
as determiner 1.224, 1.241, 1.247
after too 2.153
as quantity expression with of 2.179
with how in wh- questions 5.33
mass nouns 1.28–1.31
list of mass nouns 1.31
may
indicating present possibility 5.124
may not for negative possibility 5.125
expressing future possibility 5.132
may have for uncertainty about the past 5.137
asking for and giving permission 5.141
may not for forbidding 5.146
making requests 5.164
offering to help 5.175
may as well for suggesting 5.185