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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... active , in others in the passive . 12.2 . In the vast majority of cases the choice of the passive turn is due to one of the following reasons : ( 1 ) The active subject ( what would be the subject if we had chosen the active turn ) is ...
... active , in others in the passive . 12.2 . In the vast majority of cases the choice of the passive turn is due to one of the following reasons : ( 1 ) The active subject ( what would be the subject if we had chosen the active turn ) is ...
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... active subject mentioned : over 70 per cent . of passive sentences found in English literature contain no mention of the active subject . ( 4 ) Where it is indicated ( " converted subject " ) the reason why the passive turn is preferred ...
... active subject mentioned : over 70 per cent . of passive sentences found in English literature contain no mention of the active subject . ( 4 ) Where it is indicated ( " converted subject " ) the reason why the passive turn is preferred ...
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... active senses are combined in She wants somebody to love and somebody to love her . Nothing can be done with a corporation , because it has neither a soul to save nor a body to kick- here we might say that the understood subject of the ...
... active senses are combined in She wants somebody to love and somebody to love her . Nothing can be done with a corporation , because it has neither a soul to save nor a body to kick- here we might say that the understood subject of the ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expressed felt fool French frequent genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind king lady language live look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note one's originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possessive pronoun possible predicative prepositional group present preterit primary pronouns prop-word question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling stantive stress substantive superlative syllable tendency tertiary Thackeray thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing