Essentials of English GrammarUniversity of Alabama Press, 1964 - 387 Seiten A classic of English grammar, Essentials of English Grammar provides a common ground for the traditionalist and the structural or descriptive linguist. Jespersen's work provides insight into the fundamental concepts that underlie the linguistic approach, but at the same time the foundation of the traditional approach is retained. |
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... French grammar with the structure of French , etc. Language consists of words , but the way in which these words are modified and joined together to express thoughts and feelings differs from one language to another . English and French ...
... French grammar with the structure of French , etc. Language consists of words , but the way in which these words are modified and joined together to express thoughts and feelings differs from one language to another . English and French ...
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... French- later also of Latin - spelling . Norman scribes introduced several peculiarities of French spelling , not only when writing words taken over from that language , but also when writing native English words . Our present - day ...
... French- later also of Latin - spelling . Norman scribes introduced several peculiarities of French spelling , not only when writing words taken over from that language , but also when writing native English words . Our present - day ...
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... French ; hence g is in later loan - words pronounced [ 3 ] : rouge , mirage , prestige . 6.32 . Another Old French way of writing [ dz ] was i , later j ; hence we have English spellings like joy , join , journey . In bijou j has the ...
... French ; hence g is in later loan - words pronounced [ 3 ] : rouge , mirage , prestige . 6.32 . Another Old French way of writing [ dz ] was i , later j ; hence we have English spellings like joy , join , journey . In bijou j has the ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
CHAPTER III | 29 |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite article denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expanded tenses express felt French frequent future genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea implies indefinite indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind lady language look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possible preceded predicative present tense preterit primary pronouns pronunciation question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling spoken stantive stress subjunctive substantive superlative syllable tell tendency tertiary thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing