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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... considered one composite name for what might in many cases just as well have been called by a single name . Compare thus : A silly person : a fool . The warmest season : summer . A An offensive smell : a stench . very tall person : a ...
... considered one composite name for what might in many cases just as well have been called by a single name . Compare thus : A silly person : a fool . The warmest season : summer . A An offensive smell : a stench . very tall person : a ...
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... considered compounds , e.g. school- boys ' clothes , girls ' friendships , a lovers ' quarrel , and in expressions of measures , etc. ( 14.87 ) . On the spelling a printer's error , many printers ' errors , lady's ( or ladies ' ) maids ...
... considered compounds , e.g. school- boys ' clothes , girls ' friendships , a lovers ' quarrel , and in expressions of measures , etc. ( 14.87 ) . On the spelling a printer's error , many printers ' errors , lady's ( or ladies ' ) maids ...
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... considered as a kind of mass - word . 16.65 . The distributive use of the ( = each ) may be considered a kind of generic singular : It sells at ten shillings the bushel . He punished me ; not two or three times in the week , nor once or ...
... considered as a kind of mass - word . 16.65 . The distributive use of the ( = each ) may be considered a kind of generic singular : It sells at ten shillings the bushel . He punished me ; not two or three times in the week , nor once or ...
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