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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... condition is not only left unexpressed , but is so vague that it is hardly present in the mind of the speaker . I should say becomes a modest or diffident way of saying ' I say ' or ' I dare say ' : I should say he was over fifty . But ...
... condition is not only left unexpressed , but is so vague that it is hardly present in the mind of the speaker . I should say becomes a modest or diffident way of saying ' I say ' or ' I dare say ' : I should say he was over fifty . But ...
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... Condition , combined with unreality or improbability , has been dealt with in the chapter on tense ( 24.2 ) , where are given also examples of condition implied in relative clauses . Sometimes if does not really imply a condition : " if ...
... Condition , combined with unreality or improbability , has been dealt with in the chapter on tense ( 24.2 ) , where are given also examples of condition implied in relative clauses . Sometimes if does not really imply a condition : " if ...
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... Condition 24.2 , 32.35 , 35.3 , indirectly expressed 24.2 , 27.43 Conditional clauses 35.3 ; auxiliary 25.35 , 26.23 , 26.62 , 27.32 , in- version 10.43 Conjunctions 7.5 , XXXIII - XXXV Consonants 2.7 , consonant groups initial 5.1 ...
... Condition 24.2 , 32.35 , 35.3 , indirectly expressed 24.2 , 27.43 Conditional clauses 35.3 ; auxiliary 25.35 , 26.23 , 26.62 , 27.32 , in- version 10.43 Conjunctions 7.5 , XXXIII - XXXV Consonants 2.7 , consonant groups initial 5.1 ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
CHAPTER III | 29 |
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