- •4 A/anand one
- •5 A little/a few and little/few
- •E a fear/fears,a hope/hopes,a suspicion/suspicions
- •H elder, eldest; older, oldest
- •Many and much
- •Sense: clever,foolish,idiotic*,intelligent,sensible,silly,stupid.
- •Due, due to, owing to, certain, sure, bound, confident
- •Afraid (of), ashamed (of), sorry (for or about)
- •Far, farther/farthest and further/furthest
- •Much, more, most
- •Somehow,anyhow
- •Somehow,anyhow
- •Away, everywhere, here, nowhere, somewhere, there etc.
- •Always, continually, frequently,occasionally,often, once,twice,periodically,repeatedly, sometimes, usuallyetc.
- •D never, ever
- •Fairly and rather
- •Hardly, scarcely, barely
- •5 All, each, every, both, neither, either, some, any, no, none
- •Neither, either
- •Neither . . . Nor, either ... Or
- •51 Someone, somebody, something,anyone, anybody,anything,no one, nobody,nothing
- •Someone/somebody/something,anyone/anybody/anything,noone/nobody/nothing, everyone/everybody/everything and the adverbs somewhere, anywhere, nowhere,everywhere can be followed by else:
- •One . . . Another/other (s), some . . . Other (s)
- •One another and each other
- •Who,whom
- •Which,what
- •Use of they/them/theirwith neither/either, someone/everyone/no one etc.
- •A These are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves,
- •Defining relative clauses
- •Relative pronouns used in defining relative clauses The forms are as follows:
- •85 Whoever, whichever, whatever,whenever, wherever, however
- •Whoever,whichever, whatever,whenever, wherever, however
- •By, before
- •On time,intime,ingoodtime
- •On arrival,onarriving,onreaching,ongettingto
- •At the beginning/end, in the beginning/end, at first/at last
- •91 Time: from, since, for, during a from, since and for
- •B during and for
- •To and till/until
- •At, in; in, into; on, onto
- •In and into
- •On and onto
- •Above, over, under, below,beneath etc.
- •D beside, between,behind,in front of, opposite
- •The most important of these are above, about, across,along,before, behind,below, besides, by, down, in, near, off, on, over, past, round, since, through, under, up:
- •Am,is, are,have,had,will and would
- •11 Be, have, do
- •There is/are, there was/wereetc.
- •Can/amable,could/wasableA can and beable
- •Have to
- •15 Must,have,willandshould
- •Interrogative
- •Ifandincase
- •Agree that . . . Expresses anopinion.
- •A assume, believe, consider, feel, know, suppose, understand
- •A can,do, may, must,shall,will:
- •С feel, hear, see and watch:
- •1 With appear, happen,pretend,seem
- •D advise,allow,permit,recommend Eitneeds/requires/wants
- •D With advise,allow,permit,recommend
- •Regret,remember, forget
- •Go on, stop,try,used(to)
- •A catch/find:
- •Go, come, spend, waste,be busy a goand come
- •Speak to etc.:
- •В will/would you* (please):
- •В will/would/could you? would youliketo?
- •С if I were you I should/would:
- •29 Care, like, love, hate, prefer, wish
- •294 Care and like
- •В wouldcare andwouldlike
- •By would enjoy:
- •297 Wouldrather/soonerandprefer/would prefer
- •Wish,want andwouldlike
- •В let him/them
- •С let there be
- •Must andneedn't
- •Must not
- •С needn't
- •Besides, however,nevertheless, otherwise,so,therefore, still,yet, though
- •For and because
- •As meaningwhen/whileorbecause/since
- •As, when,whileusedto meanalthough,but,seeingthat
- •337 Incase andlest a in case
- •Be goingto:
- •These papers
- •Child up)
29 Care, like, love, hate, prefer, wish
294 Care and like
care is chiefly used in the negative and interrogative. A care for + noun/gerund is very similar to like + noun/gerund. We can
say:
Does/Did Tom care forlivingin thecountry? or Does/Did Tom likelivingin thecountry?
You don't care forsciencefiction,doyou? or Youdon't likesciencefiction,doyou?
(b) above could be answered:
I don'tcare forit or / don't likeit much or Oh yes,Ilikeit.
(care would not be possible here.) care in the interrogative sometimes carries a hint of doubt:
Does Ann care for horror movies? (The speaker thinks that she
probably doesn't, or is surprised that she apparently does.) The feeling of doubt is more noticeable with would you care (for) . . . ?
В wouldcare andwouldlike
would care for + noun and would care + infinitive are similar to would like + noun/infinitive. But would care (for) is not normally used in the affirmative, and offers expressed by would you care (for) . . . ? are less confident than would you like . . . ? offers:
TOM: Would you care for a lift, Ann? (Perhaps his car is uncomfortable and she likes comfort.)
TOM: Would you care to see my photos, Ann? (He isn't sure that she'll want to see them.) A favourable answer to (b) above would be: I'd like to see them very much.
As in the affirmative, would like replaces would care.
Similarly in negative statements:
/ wouldn't care to live on the 35th floor ~ Oh, I'd rather like it. would care for/would like can sometimes be used with gerunds. (See 295 B.) С would have cared (for) and would have liked Both here refer to actions which didn't take place:
ANN: I'd have liked to go with Tom. (I wanted to go but didn't get my wish. See also 296 D. care could not be used here.) BILL: But he walked all the way! You wouldn't have cared for/have liked that, would you? or Would you have cared for/have liked that?
D Do not confuse care as used above with care for (= look after) and care (about):
1 care for (= look after) is used chiefly in the passive:
The old peoplewerecared for by theirfamilies.
2 care (about) (= feel concerned) is used chiefly in the negative and interrogative. I don't care (about) appears similar to I don't mind, which can often be used instead: It will be very expensive. ~ / don't care/mind or
/ don't careabout/mindtheexpenseor
/ don't care/mindwhatit costs.
But note that I don't care (about) = 'I am indifferent (to)' while I don't mind = 'I don't object (to)', i.e. 'He/It doesn't worry/upset/ annoy me.'
I don't mind is much more polite than I don't care, which often sounds arrogant and selfish. In the negative interrogative either can be used:
Don't youcare/mindwhat happensto him? Didn't youcare/mindwhat happened?
But in the ordinary interrogative there is more difference between the two:
Do you care? = Are you concerned?/Do you feel concern? while Do you mind? usually means Do you object?
(See also 263.)
295 care, like, love, hate, prefer
A When used in the conditional, these verbs are usually followed by the infinitive:
Would you care/like to come with me? (Would it please you to come with me?)
I'd like to (come) very much or I'd love to (come). I'd hate to spend Christmas alone. Here we are thinking of a particular action in the future.
В But would care for, would like can be followed by gerunds when we are not thinking of a particular action but are considering the subject's tastes generally. Note also that here would care for/would like are replaceable