Introduction
   0.1  Purpose and approaches
   0.2  Hierarchical structure of English grammar
Chapter One  Composition of NP and VP
   1.1  Two formulae
   1.2  Composition of NP
   1.3  Composition of VP
Chapter Two  NP: The Determiner
   2.1  Membership
   2.2  Collocation
   2.3  Simple and compound determiner
Chapter Three  NP: The Article
   3.1  Reference
   3.2  Idiomatic use
Chapter Four  NP: Number，Case and Gender
   4.1  Number
   4.2  Case
   4.3  Gender
Chapter Five  NP: Modifiers and Pronoun
   5.1  Modifiers
   5.2  Pronoun
Chapter Six  VP: The Tense
   6.1  Two tenses and no more
   6.2  Sense of time
   6.3  Tense and time
Chapter Seven  VP: The Aspect
   7.1  Progressive
   7.2  Perfective
   7.3  Perfective progressive
Chapter Eight  VP: The Passive Voice
   8.1  Form of the passive
   8.2  Condition and constraints for the use of the passive
   8.3  Expressions active in form but passive in meaning
Chapter Nine  VP: The Mood and The Means of Denoting The Future Time
   9.1  The mood and the moods
   9.2  Mandative and formulaic
   9.3  Means of denoting the future time
Chapter Ten  VP: Modal Auxiliaries
   10.1  Orientation
   10.2  Significance of the distinction of the two orientations
   10.3  Main modals
   10.4  Comparisons
   10.5  Negation
Chapter Eleven  NP and VP: The Adjective and The Adverb（1）
   11.1  Syntactic functions of the adjective
   11.2  Syntactic classification
   11.3  Semantic classification: stative namic，gradable vs. Non-gradable
   11.4  Adverb as phrasal element
   11.5  Adverb clausal element
Chapter Twelve  NP and VP: The Adjective and The Adverb（2）,The Preposition
   12.1  Adverb“with two forms”
   12.2  Degrees of adjective and adverb
   12.3  Preposition
   12.4  Collocation
   12.5  Idiomatic use and ellipsis of the preposition
Chapter Thirteen  Transformation: Varieties to The Clause Patterns
   13.1  Transformation and expansion
   13.2  Existential sentence and sentence in which it is involved
   13.3  Transformed sentences where it is involved
Chapter Fourteen  Transformation: Statement，Question，Command and Exclamation
   14.1  Statement
   14.2  Question
   14.3  Command
   14.4  Exclamation
Chapter Fifteen  Transformation: Fronting and Postponement
   15.1  Fronting
   15.2  Inversion
   15.3  Postponement
   15.4  Fronting and postponement
Chapter Sixteen  Transformation: Substitution and Ellipsis
   16.1  Substitution for noun phrases and their constituents
   16.2  Substitution for clauses or clause constituents
   16.3  Ellipsis
Chapter Seventeen  Expansion: From NP to Clause
   17.1  NP1 realized by finite and non-finite clauses
   17.2  （NP4） realized by finite and non-finite clauses
   17.3  （NP2） realized by finite and non-finite clauses
   17.4  Finite and non-finite clauses as objects of prepositions
Chapter Eighteen  Expansion : From（C）to Clause
   18.1  Nominal clauses as（Cs）
   18.2  Adjectival clauses as（Co）
Chapter Nineteen  Expansion: From（M）to clause
   19.1  Clauses as（M1）
   19.2  Finite clauses as（M2）
   19.3  Non-finite clauses as （M2）
Chapter Twenty  Expansion: From [ A ] to Clause（1）
   20.1  Semantic classification and description
Chapter Twenty-one  Expansion: From[A] to Clause（2）
   21.1  Position in clause
   21.2  Dangling clause and its acceptability
   21.3  Syntactic classification
Chapter Twenty-two  Expansion: Coordination and Apposition
   22.1  Syndetic and asyndetic coordination
   22.2  Syntactic features and semantic implications of coordinators
   22.3  Correlatives and some other points about coordination
   22.4  Apposition
Chapter Twenty-three  Sentence Analysis: Phrase Structure Rules
   23.1  Phrase structure rules（1—3）
   23.2  Supplementary features provided by the phrase rules
   23.3  Practice of sentence analysis
Chapter Twenty-four  Sentence Analysis: Transformed Sentences
   24.1  Transformed sentences
   24.2  Pr