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Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide

Contents	3
INTRODUCTION	4
1 DEFINITIONs AND TYPES OF VERBS	6
1.1 ENGLISH	6
1.2 ARABIC	7
2 Tense and time reference: English and Arabic	7
3 Tense and ASPECT	8
3.1 English	8
3.2 ARABIC	12
4 MOOD and MODALITY: ENGLISH AND ARABIC	15
4.1 Modals, MODALITY, and mood	16
4.1.1 ENGLISH	16
4.1.2 ARABIC	17
5 Charts	20
5.1 FORMAT AND CONTENT	20
5.2 TIME REFERENCE : PAST	24
5.3 TIME REFERENCE : PRESENT	34
5.4 TIME REFERENCE : FUTURE	42
6 SENTENCE TYPES	56
6.1 ENGLISH	56
6.2 ARABIC	56
7 NOTES	60
8 Bibliography	69

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