Some negative adverbs/adverb phrases

barely, hardly when, hardly ever, least of all, little, never, never again, never before, at no time, by no means, in/under no circumstances, in no way, on no account, on no condition, no sooner than , neither nor, not a , not only but , not until/till, nowhere, only after, only at that moment, only by, only if, only in some respects, only later, only on rare occasions, only then, only when, only with, rarely, scarcely when, scarcely ever seldom

Appendix 20 - 24

Appendix 20[> 1.23.3,8.2,8.4,8.22] Some common prepositions

20.1 Single-word prepositions:e g ' = cannot be separated from the words they refer to [> 8 22] about, above, across, after, against, along, alongside, amid(st), among(st), around, as, at, 'bar, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, 'besides, between, beyond "but (= except), by, "despite down, 'during, "except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, "minus, near of, off, on, onto, opposite, out (AmE, informal BrE), outside, over, past, "per, "plus round, "since, than, through, 'throughout, till, to, towards, under, underneath, 'unlike, until, up, upon, "via, with, within, without, "worth

20.2 Single-word prepositions with '-ing':

barring, concerning, considering, excepting, excluding including, regarding

20.3 Prepositions of two or more words:

according to, ahead of, along with, apart from, as for, as from, as regards, as a result of as to as well as, away from, because of, but tor, by comparison with, by means of, due to, except for, for the sake of, from among, from under, in addition to, in between, in case of, in charge of, in common with, in comparison to/with, in connexion with, in favour of, in front of, in line with in place of, in spite of, instead of, in view of, near to, next to, on account of, on behalf of, on the left/right of, out of, owing to, regardless of, together with, up to, with the exception of, with reference to, with regard to

Appendix 21 [>3.20,3.28.3,8.9.1,

10.13. 4)

'to' + noun; 'at' + noun

(He s gone to/been to He's at He's been at)

21.1 Social/business activities:

a concert, a conference, a dance, a dinner (formal), a funeral, a meeting, a wedding

21.2 Public places/buildings:

the airport London Airport, the station, Waterloo Station, the bus station, the bus stop, the/an art gallery, the Tale Gallery, the/a museum, the British Museum, the zoo, London Zoo, the car park, the/a filling station, the/a garage, the shops, Harrods, the butcher's, the chemist's, the shoe shop, the supermarket, the bank, the library, the police station, the town hall the consulate, the embassy, the/a hotel, the Grand Hotel, the/a restaurant, the dentist('s), the doctor('s), the hospital

21.3 Zero article + noun:

go home/be at home, church, college school university Highfield School, Bristol University

21.4 Addresses':

his sisters, 24 Cedar Avenue, Rose Cottage

21.5 Points inside a building or area:

the booking office. Reception, the Customs a lift/an elevator may be at the first/second floor, a person is on the first/second floor

Appendix 22 [> 3.20 3.28 3, 8.9.2,

10.13.4]

'to' + noun, 'in' + noun

(He's gone to/been to He's in He's been in)

22.1 Large areas, countries, states:

Europe/Asia, Texas/Kent, the Andes, the Antarctic, the Sahara Desert, the Mediterranean, the Pacific

22.2 Towns/parts of towns,except when we think of them as points on a route [> 8 6] Canterbury, Chelsea, Dallas, Manhattan, New York, Paris, the East End

22.3 Outside areas (go into is preferable with e g garden, street) the garden, the park, Hyde Park, the square, the street, Bond Street, the old town, the desert, the forest, the jungle, the mountains

22A Rooms (go into or go to)

the bathroom, his bedroom, the garage, the kitchen, Mr Jones's office, the waiting room, the bar, the cloakroom, the lounge, the Gents'

22.5 Zero article + noun:

bed, chapel, church hospital, pnson

Appendix 23 [>3.20,3.28.3, 8.9.3,

10.13.4]

'to' + noun; 'at' or 'in' + noun

We use atwhen we think of a place as e g a meeting point, inwhen we think it is'enclosing' the airport the cinema, the theatre, the zoo, the car park, the garage, the office, the chemist's, the flower shop, the bank, the library, the post office, the hotel the Grand (Hotel), the restaurant at/in church (e g to pray), at/in the church (for some other reason), at school (as a pupil), at/in the school (as e g a teacher), in pnson (as a prisoner), at/in the prison (as e g a visitor), in hospital (as a patient) at/in the hospital (as e g an outpatient)

Appendix 24[> 2.13.1,3.21,8.12-13)